The XM-148 has a shortened front pistol grip that facilitates opening the breech.Ĭolt’s 40mm grenade launcher series started with the CGL-4 which was a prototype run. Bushmaster Firearms presented a copy of the IMP in its Bushmaster Pistol.Ĭolt XM-148: 10” barrel 3 lbs overall weight.
#COLT AR15 SERIAL NUMBERS LIST FULL#
This revolutionary design allowed full auto fire from one hand, with a rifle cartridge. 221 Remington Fireball caliber, with its impressive ballistics. This bullpup pistol design was manufactured at Colt in the. If you are interested in a live fire test report, this author tested the CMG-2 for the “Battle of the Beltfeds” in Volume 10 Number 3 (September 1996) of Machine Gun News. Colt used the 150 round drum to feed the linked ammunition. The extractor was machined into the bolt face. This version cocked utilizing the pistol grip/ trigger group- pushing it forward and pulling the bolt to the rear. In 1967 Colt fielded the CMG-2, an upgraded version of the CMG-1 design. There was a tripod mounted version, a bipod mounted version, a tank version, and a solenoid operated version. Each prototype that was built was different internally. The “Colt Machine Gun -1” was offered in 4 variations in their 1965 catalog, but never produced in more than a test run. Note the link chute space on the left of the lower receiver. Many of the 120 round ammunition boxes have a link chute that returns the links to the box. There were heavy modifications to both the upper and lower receivers. The Belt fed M16 was made on a heavy barreled Model 02, and was called the M2.Ģ0 inch heavy barrel, 8.3 pounds without the bipod or ammunition box. The first Colt bolt closing devices were an upper guard on the charging handle- these would only be found on some of the Model 601’s. Safe is in the center position.Įarly charging handles in the first model AR-15s were in the carrying handle slot similar to the AR-10. The 25 round steel magazine was also unique to these rifles. Charging handle in the carrying handle, fiberglass buttstock, and one piece forend. Number 000001 is original except for the flash hider. There are only a few that are still in the original configuration. If anyone wants to help out please do.įile:///C:/Users/longm/Desktop/001.pngįile:///C:/Users/longm/Desktop/002.pngĪrmalite First AR-15s: The first AR-15 production was 10 rifles done by Armalite for the US Military for testing. There's bound to be errors, and I can't find pictures for everything. So now I'm merging the list with images and dumping them here. Wiki has a great list of Colt AR-15 derivatives with lots of specs but almost no pictures.
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