In 1955, the small Californian firearms company ArmaLite unveiled one of the most defining and influential rifles of the 20th century — the AR-10.
The hard-hitting rifle would see extensive service in bitter colonial conflicts and provide the basis for the M-16, one of the most iconic rifles of all time.
But despite its importance there has been a kind of literary gap in our understanding of the AR-10. Joseph Putnam Evan’s new book The Armalite AR-10 — The World’s Finest Battle Rifle, out now from Collector Grade, aims to fill in the historical holes.
The Armalite AR-10 — The World’s Finest Battle Rifle surveys all of Armalite’s early designs, from the AR-1 to the AR-5 survival rifle and the AR-9 shotgun and finally the AR-10. The accompanying color photographs are excellent.
Evans begins by introducing the main cast of characters who were pivotal in the AR-10’s development. We meet brothers-in-law George Sullivan and Charles Dorchester, who in 1952 were working on the Para-Sniper, which would eventually become the AR-1.
Read the Remainder at War is Boring
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