Any idea who manufactured the first clone after Colt lost their patent?
Any idea who manufactured the first clone after Colt lost their patent?
Colt did not hold the patent, Fairchild Armalite did. Colt held manufacturing rights. Those rights were never exclusive. Colt did trademark the name, AR-15. During the Vietnam war other companies produced AR variants in the U.S. for the military and several other companies produced variants internationally under license.
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Anyone know who produced the first complete rifle, AR clone available on the US commercial market?
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