Is There Such Thing As A CAR15 Anymore?

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I remember back in the good old days where if you wanted an AR15, you got a Colt or went without! Not to start a dog fight or anything, but I personally am glad that people that actually care about civvie gun owners are in the market now and catering to us.:nest:

Do our present-day shorty carbines bear any resemblence to the old CAR15's? Why was that designation dropped?
 
Glenfilthie said:
I remember back in the good old days where if you wanted an AR15, you got a Colt or went without! Not to start a dog fight or anything, but I personally am glad that people that actually care about civvie gun owners are in the market now and catering to us.:nest:

Do our present-day shorty carbines bear any resemblence to the old CAR15's? Why was that designation dropped?
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The CAR name was Colt's way of making the "AR" series of firearms sound "less Armalite".....:p
 
CAR-15 -- Carbine AR15 or Colt Auto Rifle dependin gon who you listened to - but given it was onl yused to designate Carbines...


The XM-177 series guns and the USAF GAU-5 and 11's

A 10" to 11.5" gun depending on vintage and branch of service.

Ranger Regiment folk (and those they support) still used these up till the M4 introduction...
 
I think CAR-15 died when the US Military Officially adopted the M4 nomenclature...I still call call it a CAR-15...now in civvie circles everything short is an M4, just like back in the day everything short was a CAR-15.
 
Wikipedia says it all:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAR-15

In brief, the CAR-15 was a subcarbine variant of the XM16E1 issued to US SF during the Vietnam war. Had 10" barrel and short solid stock. Later renamed to XM177 when improved with telescoping stock, enhanced flash/sound suppressor and barrel length increased to 11.5" for better ballistic effectiveness. In 1984, the Colt XM4 (M4 Carbine) was adopted by US government, replacing the XM177E2. That's the jist, not verbatim.

I have an SDI subcarbine officially titled XR15CQBR, but I usually refer to it as my XM177C2. It shares similar specifications to the XM177E2, except for material composition of the barrel and temporarily lacks the enhanced flash suppressor (though in process of acquiring one).

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Do our present-day shorty carbines bear any resemblence to the old CAR15's? Why was that designation dropped?
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CAR-15s are still available on the US market, but only in states that allow permits for fully automatic firearms.
 
Basically the CAR is visually similar to an A2 (carry handle) upper with a CQB barrel on a carbine lower. Without going into all of the details of each evolution and change, if you wanted a rifle that appeared to be a CAR it could be done quite easily. If you want an exact clone (minus the joy button) it can be done, but would cost quite a bit.
 
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