The AR-18 entered the initial design phase in 1963 and was produced from 1969 to 1985, with 1,171 total specimens built. Aahh, the oh-so-controversial AR-15, the semiauto-only civilian market ...

viewed as either a terrorist’s weapon or a freedom fighter’s tool (depending on your perspective): the 5.56x45mm AR-180. Bartocci adds that the original factory-produced AR-18 magazines were ...