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 ...

Colt’s M16 carbine program continued after the Vietnam ... SP1s consistently bring prices in the four-digit range, with pristine early variants pushing past the $3,000 mark.

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 ...

The direct impingement system was an integral part of the M16 rifle, and was carried over to successive versions including the M16A1, M16A2, M16A3, M16A4, and the M4 carbine. In the 1980s ...

11/8 Update: The stolen rifles were turned in Friday morning. Photos of weapons similar to the stolen weapons: a Colt M16-A1 rifle, top, and a HS Precision Pro-Series 2000 sniper rifle (FBI ...