AR-14 Rifle

[Both Eyes Open]

Ok, so I have a friend who was in the Air Force in the late 60's. He remembers shooting an AR-14 Rifle. I have never heard of this and my "google" research goes straight to AR-15/M16 rifles however he distictly remembers the designation AR-14. My theory is that he is thinking of an M14 although I have shown him a picture of an M14 and he is sure that is NOT the rifle. Can any of the Military Rifle enthusiasts help me out here? Is there (and if so what is) an AR-14 rifle? The other little clue is that he remembers a 2 round burst mode. Any insight would be great. Thanks in advance for all your expertise!
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[Navvet]

It is possible if he was in a "special" group, he may have fired the Stoner Weapons System. It was not adopted due to some political considerations, but some units in Vietnam used it. I believe they were made in 2 different versions, but then I was in a Looooong time ago and I could be mistaken. Google Stoner weapon systems.

 

[odin9]

armalite stoner platform AR-14 burst fire and full auto

 

[Both Eyes Open]

Thanks for the input guys, I still have not found any info on the AR-14. The only stoner weapon system rifle I found info on was the Stoner 63. Anyway, i'm keepin' lookin'.

 

[chariot13]

Thanks for the input guys, I still have not found any info on the AR-14. The only stoner weapon system rifle I found info on was the Stoner 63. Anyway, i'm keepin' lookin'.

Probably one of those where, if you were where it was, you must need to know, otherwise you didn't need to know? I want a M-15 now!

 

[Navvet]

The Marines just adopted the H&K system for their use. Of course by the time Omama is through, there will only be 3 marines left.

 

[H2O MAN]

Maybe he's thinking of the AR-18... then again, maybe his memory isn't that good anymore.

 

[EMP9596]

The AR-14 to the best of my knowledge was Stoner's predecessor to the AR-15..?

Gotta pull some disc's and look... & found something - upper right hand foto.


Armalite Techs making adjustment on the AR-14 the experimental predecessor to the AR15.

 

[drwhisen]

The AR14 is an assault rifle of the Republic of Surea Armed Forces, manufactured by Deftech Industries. It is a shoulder-fired, gas-operated, selective-fire assault rifle that feeds from a 20 or 30 round magazine and is chambered for 5.56 NATO. The AR14 has replaced the M16A1 rifle in Surean military use in 2002. The AR14 formally entered Surean military service in 2002.

 

[MicroManager]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_firearms

Scroll down a ways. Large frame AR?

 

[rogue]

The AR-14 was the military stepping-stone of the M-14 to the M-16 in the 50's in the early Vietnam War period. Designers were looking for ways to lighten the load of soldiers going to battle, fast turnarounds and easier to mass-produce than wood-stock rifles. At the time the M-16 came out, it was a lot better-handling than the AR-14. And so the short-story goes....

 

[GFormby]

There actually WAS an AR-14, but Joe sure as hell didn't know that.
I've been around firearms all my 68 years and I've never even heard of it until Uncle Joe made yet ANOTHER gaffe.

 

[Jonnyuma]

Wow... 7 yr necrothread dredged-up thanks to Biden's lack of articulation and knowledge.

Let's see where Joe's AK-47 reference takes us...

Also, I'd like some information on console televisions (LOVE Hee-Haw and M*A*S*H) and a new record player for my kid's room... they seem to really enjoy Depeche Mode and Billy Squire.

 

[titsonritz]

(1954–1983)[16]

AR-1 "Parasniper", bolt-action rifle (1954 prototype, was not developed further)
AR-3, 7.62×51 mm NATO select-fire battle rifle (prototype, used as a test-bed for rifle design features)[17]
AR-5, .22 Hornet bolt-action survival rifle (1954–1955), was submitted to replace the Air Force's standard survival rifle.
AR-7 "Explorer", .22 LR semi-auto survival rifle
AR-9, semi-auto 12-gauge shotgun (1955 prototype, forerunner of the AR-17)
AR-10, 7.62×51 mm NATO select-fire battle rifle (1955–1959)
AR-11, .222 Remington select-fire rifle (prototype, smaller version of the AR-3)
AR-12, 7.62×51 mm NATO select-fire battle rifle[18]
AR-13, hyper-velocity multi-barrel machine gun for aircraft
AR-14, .243 Winchester, .308 Winchester, or .358 Winchester semi-auto sporting rifle (1956)[19][20][21]
AR-15, .223 Remington select-fire rifle (smaller version of the AR-10 and forerunner of the M16 rifle, made from 1956-1959)
AR-16, 7.62×51 mm NATO select-fire battle rifle (1959–1960)
AR-17, semi-auto 12-gauge shotgun[22][23]
AR-18, .223 Remington select-fire rifle (smaller version of the AR-16, made 1962–1964)
AR-180, .223 Remington semi-auto sporting rifle (civilian version of the AR-18)
(Armalite, Inc. 1996–present)

AR-10B, .308 Win semi-auto rifle (1994–Present)
AR-10A, .308 Win semi-auto rifle (2006–Present) (re-designed AR-10 - most parts are not compatible with AR-10B)
AR-10 SuperSASS, .308 Win semi-auto sniper system (2006–Present)
AR-20, .50 BMG single shot rifle (1998–1999)
AR-22, blank firing device for the Mk 19 40 mm grenade launcher (1998–2008)
AR-23, sub-caliber training device for the Mk 19 40 mm grenade launcher (1998–2008)
AR-24, 9 mm pistol (2006–2012)
AR-30, .308 Win, .338 Lapua Magnum, .300 WIN MAG bolt-action rifle (1999–2012)
AR-30A1, .300 WIN MAG, .338 Lapua Magnum bolt-action rifle (2013–present) (re-designed AR-30; most parts are not compatible with AR-30)
AR-31, .308 Win bolt-action rifle (2013–present)
AR-50, .50 BMG single-shot rifle (1998–present)
AR-180B, 5.56 mm semi-auto rifle (2001–2009)
M-15, 5.56 mm semi-auto rifle (1994–present)

ArmaLite - Wikipedia

 

[GFormby]

Yeah. So that is one scary assault rifle isn't it. Kinda on the scale of the deadly Remington 742 assault Rifle that has been used by the small but deadly right wing radical militia!

 

[titsonritz]

Yeah. So that is one scary assault rifle isn't it. Kinda on the scale of the deadly Remington 742 assault Rifle that has been used by the small but deadly right wing radical militia!

My point is there are a lot of different ARs, which stands for ArmaLite Rifle, not "assault rifle" as lames like Biden keep spewing.

 

[GFormby]

I get it. My point was that Joe is so far down the path of early old age dementia that he not only had no idea what he was even talking about. He has never even seen an "AR-14" much less even knew an "AR-14" even existed at all.

Like Trump said, Joe's a Dummy. He won't even be able to say "assault rifle" much less know what "AR" actually stands stands for by the time the debates and the election comes around. He doesn't know who he is, where he is, what he's running for and who his wife is now. The Demorats should be prosecuted for elder abuse for letting Joe embarrass himself without an intervention. (But maybe he has to run to stay out of a open federal corruption investigation.)

 

[JamesB]

I too was in the Air Force and I'm glad to see somebody else has the same crazy memory that I do. In March 1966 we were handed a rifle that looked like the A.R. 15 but it was either called the A.R. 14 or M 14. I believe they said it used a .223 or .243 round. I to seem to recall it had a two-shot selector. We shot 10 rounds for practice and about 50 rounds for qualifying. Never touched another gun in my four years.

 

[dennis682003]

Did a little research. Correct me if I'm Wrong. Armalite made an AR12, a cheaper, stamped version of the AR10 in select fire. The AR14 was a civilian version of the AR12 with a slightly different feeding system, semi-auto only, both were low production numbers. ArmaLite AR-10

 

[cookie]

Ok, so I have a friend who was in the Air Force in the late 60's. He remembers shooting an AR-14 Rifle. I have never heard of this and my "google" research goes straight to AR-15/M16 rifles however he distictly remembers the designation AR-14. My theory is that he is thinking of an M14 although I have shown him a picture of an M14 and he is sure that is NOT the rifle. Can any of the Military Rifle enthusiasts help me out here? Is there (and if so what is) an AR-14 rifle? The other little clue is that he remembers a 2 round burst mode. Any insight would be great. Thanks in advance for all your expertise!
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Never underestimate an idiot.