Informative Essay: Ar 15 (AR 15)

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Richard Miller
Mrs.Olsen
Senior Project
15 January 2018

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As Bruce Lee said, “There's only one basic principle of self-defense people must apply the most effective weapon, as soon as possible, to the most vulnerable target.” When an Armalite Rifle 15 (AR 15) is put in the most effective place it proves to be effective in home defense situations. The ar 15 offers a viable option for home defense because its effective in short range combat situations. Many Americans choose this weapon for home defense.
The first manufacturer was Armalite Rifles. This company fully designed the ar 15 and ar 10 platforms. Armalite was founded in the early 1950’s in Hollywood, California (“The AR-15 Rifle”). In 1959 Armalite sold the design to Colt …show more content…

Some of the advantages are that even a novice gunsmith could build this firearm. These firearms are very easy to customise to the operators needs. These firearms have parts readily available but when mismatching part it can void warranties on the parts. Companies strongly advise using all brand matching parts. Companies have warranties on all of their parts and if you use different manufacturers they will not accept the warranties on the part. When they design these part they design them to work the absolute best with the other parts they make. While using brand matching parts there isn't any guessing if the parts will work together without malfunction. This is a common problem when gun enthusiast want to modify their firearm to the fullest possibility(Should I Build or Buy an …show more content…

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