Colt, then the only producer of the military’s M16s, was given the task of modifying the M16 to suit the firing port weapon’s objectives, namely something that could be maneuvered and wielded ...

The M16A4 served as the primary service rifle for the US Marine Corps from 1997 until 2015. -Essentially an M16A2 with a flat-top receiver and a MIL-STD-1913 rail system, it allowed for the mounting ...

However, in the 2000s, FN dealt a blow that stung Colt: it won a contract to produce the M16 rifle and M4 carbine ... but Colt still just has the M4 and variants of it. A possible reason for ...

One day before a major deadline in its bankruptcy case, Colt’s Manufacturing Co. learned Tuesday that it was chosen to supply 8,624 advanced-model M16 rifles to the Navy without competitive bidding.