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Light Rifle 1.5: A Clarification

Posted May 27, 2015 in AK-47 / AK-74 / Everything AK, AR-15, Guns & Gear, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 62 Comments

This is the zeroeth part of a series of posts seeking to describe and analyze the 7.62mm Light Rifle concept promoted by the Americans, and subsequently adopted by NATO in various forms. This series will cover development from before World War II to the present day, [Read More…]

The Great Rifle Controversy: 1955

Posted December 23, 2014 in AK-47 / AK-74 / Everything AK, AR-15, Guns & Gear, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 15 Comments

Controversy over small arms is nothing new. Back in the early 1950s, when the 7.62x51mm was called the “.30 Light Rifle” and NATO still believed it could achieve the goal of a universal standard rifle, there was (quite naturally, given the large number of [Read More…]