HaveBlue tried to use the same lower receiver to make a full-blown .223 AR-15/M16 rifle (Opens in a new window), but it didn't work. Funnily enough, he thinks the off-the-shelf parts are causing ...

723: a carbine version of the M16 famously used by the U.S. Army’s Delta Force, ... “Commando” marked “partial fence” lower receiver, as used on the XM177 ...

However, the T65 is hardly a clean-slate design, practically copying the M16 design in the lower receiver and heavily emulating other elements in the upper receiver.

Despite early problems in Vietnam, the American M16 made a major impression on many Western-aligned nations in Asia. The Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and Singapore began license producing ...

HaveBlue's custom creation (Opens in a new window) is a .22-caliber pistol, formed from a 3D-printed AR-15 (M16) lower receiver, and a normal, commercial upper. In other words, ...