ArmaLite

ArmaLite

About

ArmaLite was founded in the mid-fifties by George Sullivan. Its most well-known product is the AR-15 rifle designed by Eugene Stoner, though ArmaLite sold the AR-15 design to Colt due to financial difficulties, making Colt the primary producer of AR-15 derivative rifles, and the creator of the M16 rifle adopted by the US military.

In the early 1960s, the AR-18 was introduced, as ArmaLite's answer to the AR-15, however it failed to supersede the Colt rifles.

ArmaLite ceased all operations in the early 1980s, however it was successfully resurrected in 1996 by businessman Mark Westrom, who re-launched the company as ArmaLite, Inc. New types of weapons were also introduced, including large-caliber bolt-action sniper rifles and self-loading pistols. In 2013, ArmaLite, Inc was sold to Strategic Armory Corps, who also own McMillian Firearms.

Information

Founded: 1954 (Fairchild-ArmaLite), 1996 (ArmaLite, Inc.)

Country of Origin: USA

Products: Assault Rifles, Civilian Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Pistols

Guns

Rifles

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
AR-7	.22 LR	8, 10, 15, 25, 50	1959 - Present		Error creating thumbnail: File missing
AR-10	7.62x51mm NATO	20	1956 - Present	Numerous	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
AR-15	.223 Remington	20			Error creating thumbnail: File missing
AR-16	7.62x51mm NATO	20			Error creating thumbnail: File missing
AR-18	5.56x45mm NATO	20 (old variants) any STANAG magazine	1963 - 1968	AR-180 AR-180B	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
AR-50	.50 BMG	Single-Shot	1999 - Present	AR-50A1	Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Shotguns

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
AR-17	12 Gauge	2	1964 - 1965		Error creating thumbnail: File missing