Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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"AR" does NOT mean "assault rifle." A range instructor tells the real story of where the AR-15 came from — and busts the "AK-47 = automatic kill" myth along the way.

- AR = ArmaLite Rifle, the company that developed it
- Eugene Stoner, a former Marine, designed it at Fairchild Aircraft's ArmaLite division
- The .308 AR-10 actually came before the .223 AR-15
- The Air Force fielded it first (Vietnam), and "We Were Soldiers"
- Why it got a false "inaccurate" reputation: it's the dope behind the rifle
- AK-47 = Avtomat Kalashnikov, named after its designer
- AR vs AK: reliability, accuracy, and tighter tolerances

From the Gun Owners Radio archive (originally aired September 2018).
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