(See issue 21 for a photo of the prototype at the Cody Firearms Museum.) It weighed in at a spritely 5.2 pounds. The original prototype was submitted by Winchester - built in just 13 days - and was a hit with military observers at the competition. This included everyone from cooks and vehicle crews to officers and airborne troopers. 30, M1 sprang from an Army Ordnance Board competition for a lightweight, semiautomatic firearm to be used by soldiers who didn’t require full-sized battle rifles. They offered us a test sample, and we jumped at the chance to see (and shoot) what was old, made new again. One of the less flashy, but more intriguing, releases we got this past year was a notice that MKS Supply, through their partnership with Inland Manufacturing, would begin selling newly manufactured M1 Carbines in several configurations. Throughout the year, we receive press releases at an amazing cyclic rate from all kinds of manufacturers. We love the newest, bestest gadgets as much as the rest of you, but it never hurts to take a look back and realize that “old” does not necessarily equal “obsolete.” We’ve covered plenty of the latest and greatest in these pages. There’s no doubt that the AR-15 platform has been a breeding ground for firearms innovation for well over a decade now.
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