ArmaLite AR-10: The Rifle That Built the AR Family

ArmaLite AR-10: The Rifle That Built the AR Family

The ArmaLite AR-10 is a 7.62×51mm NATO battle rifle designed by Eugene Stoner in the mid-1950s at ArmaLite, then a small division of the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation. It weighed approximately 6.85 pounds empty — more than a pound lighter