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Are you sure about that? The lower receiver - the part of the gun that's a controlled "firearm" - is identical between the AR-15, M-16, and M-4. The only thing
by LyndsySimon 11y ago
Are you sure about that?
The lower receiver - the part of the gun that's a controlled "firearm" - is identical between the AR-15, M-16, and M-4. The only things that really change are the barrel length and the parts that go in the lower to differentiate between automatic fire and burst fire.
the "real" AR-15, by Armalite - not the semi-automatic version commonly available to civilians.
- nl 11y agoTrue, but they are physically new devices. The B-52s are the same planes as were built in the 50s (not just the same designs. It's true that there aren't many parts in those planes that exist from the '50s, but and M-4 isn't a AR-15 that was taken the factory and rebuilt - it is a brand new rifle.
- CydeWeys 11y agoThere are still some old lowers kicking around in the military, but most aren't that old. When the Army buys M4s from manufacturers, they're getting complete new rifles, with new lowers. We need some actual military people to chime in here, but I believe that most rifles in current use don't have parts on them dating back anything close to the 60s, unlike B-52s, every single one of which has a majority of parts (including the entire airframe) dating back to the original manufacture date between 1952 and 1962.