Semi-auto receivers were manufactured by Central Kentucky Arms, Telco, H. & H. Sendra, and some talented individuals manufactured their own to complete their parts kits. Original AI manufactured receivers that had been "de-milled" with a saw cut were re-manufactured by Hahn Machine.
A good source of information on the subject is the book by Maj. Sam Pikula, if you can find a copy
Approximately 2-3K rifles were manufactured all told, making it one of the rarest modern military rifles. Most were used up in service, but a number of rifles were imported into Canada in the 70-80's and were converted to semi-auto for civilian sales. Many rifles made it into the U.S as parts kits, minus the lower receiver, which brought about the manufacture of civilian legal semi-auto only receivers here in the .U.S.
Some of the sequences show live fire, others use blanks for safety reasons.
The rifles were an excellent design, far ahead of their time, but the military trials were indeed rigged to eliminate the T-48 (FAL) and the AR-10, and insure adoption of the M14.
I'm an old AR-10 guy, so let me answer some of the questions - first off, the new AR10 type rifles are not compatible with these Armalites, either the Costa Mesa guns or the later Artillerie Inrichtingen Holland built rifles.
Yet it's no bigger than an M16 mag. Amazing. I know about the magazines followers but I never do that because I don't fight in combat so the mag strain is very brief before the spring is relieved. Ba-bang!
i think these use m14 mags. meaning you take a mag from a m14 and it would fit. or it might be a special mag for it since you shove the mags up the mag well instead of hooking it like m14s an AKs an stuff.
Semi-auto receivers were manufactured by Central Kentucky Arms, Telco, H. & H. Sendra, and some talented individuals manufactured their own to complete their parts kits. Original AI manufactured receivers that had been "de-milled" with a saw cut were re-manufactured by Hahn Machine.
A good source of information on the subject is the book by Maj. Sam Pikula, if you can find a copy
bigbasscat 2 years ago
Approximately 2-3K rifles were manufactured all told, making it one of the rarest modern military rifles. Most were used up in service, but a number of rifles were imported into Canada in the 70-80's and were converted to semi-auto for civilian sales. Many rifles made it into the U.S as parts kits, minus the lower receiver, which brought about the manufacture of civilian legal semi-auto only receivers here in the .U.S.
bigbasscat 2 years ago
Continued -
Some of the sequences show live fire, others use blanks for safety reasons.
The rifles were an excellent design, far ahead of their time, but the military trials were indeed rigged to eliminate the T-48 (FAL) and the AR-10, and insure adoption of the M14.
bigbasscat 2 years ago
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The rifles shown in the video are the early U.S. pre-production types, not the later AI Sudanese or Portuguese issued rifles.
The belt-fed variant shown didn't exactly live up to expectations, and the sequence shown is an edited product to eliminate malfunctions.
bigbasscat 2 years ago
I'm an old AR-10 guy, so let me answer some of the questions - first off, the new AR10 type rifles are not compatible with these Armalites, either the Costa Mesa guns or the later Artillerie Inrichtingen Holland built rifles.
bigbasscat 2 years ago
That recoil control on auto looks impressive, I'm wondering if it's a genuine demo with military spec rounds?
KnockoffNigeI 2 years ago
@KnockoffNigeI They have a large recoil spring in the stock that helps the recoil alot, and these guys are very good at handling them.
labartic 2 years ago
It's something the AR10 is still being made but just in modern incarnations.
esh325 3 years ago
I bought an ArmaLite AR10 A2 carbine last week. These things are amazing, truly.
Tbird761 3 years ago
How many shots do those mags hold? Seems like they run out pretty fast.
JTZ45 4 years ago
20 rounds. sometimes ppl don't fully load the magazine so the follower spring in the magazine doesn't wear out as fast.
shiroisan87 4 years ago
Yet it's no bigger than an M16 mag. Amazing. I know about the magazines followers but I never do that because I don't fight in combat so the mag strain is very brief before the spring is relieved. Ba-bang!
JTZ45 4 years ago
yea.
i think these use m14 mags. meaning you take a mag from a m14 and it would fit. or it might be a special mag for it since you shove the mags up the mag well instead of hooking it like m14s an AKs an stuff.
shiroisan87 4 years ago
They use their own magazine. It is the size of a M14 mag. but designed exactly like a M16 mag.. Similar to the DPMS LR 308 or KAC SR25 magazines.
SAJU0 3 years ago
oh ok
shiroisan87 3 years ago
evolution 101.
ScarletSnake 4 years ago