2015年2月8日 · Colt’s effort was the 703, which they somewhat presumptuously offered to the Army as the “M16A2” in 1969. The 703 was not only one of the first – if not the first op-rod AR-15s, it was also the first “hybrid” AK/AR-15 design, utilizing a …

Colt has been the most visible producer of ArmaLite AR-15 pattern weapons, and the military designations M16 and M4 are heavily associated with the company. Colt has an intricate internal nomenclature system for its models, with a variety of suffixes and prefixes.

The Colt Model 703 is a prototype assault rifle derived from the AR-15. In 1967, during the Vietnam War, a special subcommittee of the United States House Armed Services Committee, headed... Not to be confused with the Colt Model 703, a Colt designation for a M16A2 export model with the same name.

2024年7月4日 · There are two Colt 703s. One is a standard AR-15-style rifle that lacks a long-stroke gas piston system, and the other is this gun. Colt also called the piston-driven 703 the M16A2. That was a tad presumptuous, and the gun clearly has nothing to do with the actual M16A2 adopted well after Vietnam.

1998年5月1日 · Colt 703- M16A2 Export Rifle. A2 Buttstock, A2 Upper Receiver, A1 Outer contour barrel, w/1 in 7″ twist (20″), A2 Lower Receiver except M16A1 full-auto fire control, 7.5 lbs.

2022年8月23日 · Colt 703 or M16A2 was an experimental AR-15 derived assault rifle with AK style long stroke piston. Only two exist in possession of Knight's Armaments Company

Colt engineers went to work making a version of their AR-15/M16 rifle that would make use of the (perceived) more reliable long stroke piston of the AK47. The first external piston version of the M16 series rifle is the Colt Model 703.

2024年7月4日 · There are two Colt 703s. One is a standard AR-15-style rifle that lacks a long-stroke gas piston system, and the other is this gun. Colt also called the piston-driven 703 the M16A2. That was a tad presumptuous, and the gun clearly has nothing to do with the actual M16A2 adopted well after Vietnam.

2020年5月14日 · The first such version of a piston-driven system on an AR-15 type rifle came from Colt and was designated the model 703. The model 703 used an entirely new upper receiver, built around a long-stroke piston, but left the lower receiver intact.

In response, Colt developed the Model 703 as an improved version of the M16, featuring an AK-styled long stroke piston operation. Two prototypes of the Model 703 were made, and a report on the prototypes was published by Colt in May 1969, titled Colt's Automatic Rifle Model 703.