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original Armalite AR-10 promotional video

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original Armalite AR-10 promotional video was created by m51chris

Hi all -

Thank you for your work on this website - I'm enjoying it.

I've got an old Armalite/Fairchild promotional video (.wmv format) the group may enjoy. It appears to have been made by Armalite in the 1950s to show off their new AR-10 to the military decision-makers. It gives some development history, description of materials, and shows the torture-tests the rifle successfully passed - mud, freezing, sand, etc. Pretty cool. If you're interested, I'll attempt to send it. It's about 38 megs, though. Is that within limits?

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Chris Lorensen
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Replied by crux on topic Re:original Armalite AR-10 promotional video

Hey,
Saw Fairchild AR-10 vids on youtube, were those the same ones?


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Replied by m51chris on topic Re:original Armalite AR-10 promotional video

Yep - that's the one. Made me proud to be an AR-10 owner. If the changes they've done since then are actually improvements, it's got to be a fine rifle indeed.




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Replied by en1ggy on topic Re:original Armalite AR-10 promotional video

pardon me for being a newb, but how do you belt feed the ar10 =DDD
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Replied by m51chris on topic Re:original Armalite AR-10 promotional video

Good question - I've been wondering that myself. Hopefully someone on the site knows -
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Replied by rwwj on topic Re:original Armalite AR-10 promotional video

Iv'e watched this and just love the background music. Remindes me of the old films we would watch in school.
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Replied by crux on topic Re:original Armalite AR-10 promotional video

en1ggy wrote:
Not sure, but I thought that was very cool.
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Replied by BUILDING MY SASS on topic Re:original Armalite AR-10 promotional video

I have to agree on the music, it does remind me of high school. As for the belt feeding, that rifle has a few features ours don't. After watching it several times, to see for my self, and like crux said "I thought that was very cool" I notice that it had two other doors, or ports if you will, (not sure what to call them) that ours lack. Sure would like to try it though.
It is better to have and not need, than need and not have.

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Replied by crux on topic Re:original Armalite AR-10 promotional video

Woot, patent search for the win :)

www.google.com/patents?id=cq1dAAAAEBAJ

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Replied by BUILDING MY SASS on topic Re:original Armalite AR-10 promotional video

Hey Crux, that's just to cool, your a genius. So where can I get one (chuckle).
It is better to have and not need, than need and not have.

If you think it is time to bury your guns, it is time to dig them up....


"Fight back! Whenever you are offered violence, fight back! The aggressor does not fear the law, so he must be taught to fear you. Whatever the risk, and at whatever...
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