Talk:Armalite AR-16

AR-16 Reference
Article references the AR-16 as a predecessor to the AR-18 and suggests that the AR-16 used stamped steel components. I do not believe this is correct. I own several Modern Sporting Rifles of the AR-16 direct-impingement design in semi-automatic. The receiver halves are made from either billet aluminum or forged aluminum. One of the revolutionary features of Mr. Stoner's design for the AR-10 and derivitaves is the unique-for-the-time use of materials like aluminum and plastics. Stamped steel is an older process that is still used today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.202.206.3 (talk) 18:50, 20 October 2015 (UTC)


 * A bit late to reply to this I know, as this comment was added nearly 3 years ago, but there seems to be confusion in nomenclature; the AR-16 is a Stoner design but is not an AR-15/M-16 variant. As the article states, the AR-16 and its AR-18 derivative resulted in part from the need to avoid infringing on the AR-15 design (forged aluminium receiver and direct impingement gas system) that had been sold to Colt. Only three or so AR-16 prototypes are known to have been made; they are of stamped steel construction with a side-folding butt and a conventional short-stroke gas piston like the AR-18 derivative. Strangways (talk) 22:29, 30 August 2018 (UTC)