Quoted: Quoted: Oh I see now. There are two types of A3 upper. Commercial and military. Commercial came first I think and refers to a flat top. In the military an M16 A3 means a fixed carry handle M16 that has a full auto option instead of the burst on the M16A2. The M16A4 is a flat top 20 inch with burst. Speaking of the complete upper, and the complete lower? Quoted: so A2 and A3 parts will work together. Quoted: There are two types of A3 upper. Depending on the manufacturer and model, an A3 upper may be equipped with either Picatinny or Weaver rail to serve as the mounting platform for scopes and other accessories.
The A3 also includes forward assist and rifle cuts in the feed ramp. Like the A3, the A4 is a flat top upper receiver, and both are very similar in their design and construction. The main difference between the A3 and A4 is that the latter includes M4-style feed ramps, which serve the purpose of complementing the feed ramps found on an M4 barrel. On the market today, you will most likely find A4-style upper receivers with variety of handguard and barrel options for customization.
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I find this rather surprising. But it seems like everyone displays the same one or two pictures and calls them ALL A2 or A4 flattops. In fact, I've seen the very same picture displayed on different websites and called all three different models. So, all I can say is, I'm not afraid to ask questions. I am certain that most of you can define each model with ease. BetaMike Survivor Posts: Karma: 6.
A-2 is like a standard M16 any soldier gets with carry handle. A-3 is a M16 without a carrying handle, it has a picatinny rail. A-4 is like a standard M16 any soldier gets with a carry handle that comes off and has a picatinny rail underneath it that it attaches to. The M-4 comes in the same options as the M16 in terms of A2, A3, A4 but is the collapable stock and 16" barrel.
If I were buying an AR15 variant right now it would be an A4. It retains the use of standard iron sights and can quickly be changed over to being scoped if you want to use it differently. It offers the most versatility. Semper Fi! If we're talking about the military variants it's a long story, but as it pertains to ar15s You can find carbines in both A1 and A2 configurations, but at that point, most were 16" barrel with fixed carry handle.
The A3 is pretty much the same as the A2, but with the removeable carry handle "flat top". Now, up until now I've been talking about civilian firearms, but when the military started switching over to the "M4". The real M4 was of course "select fire" and had a 14" barrel that was small under the handgaurds, and had a place turned down ahead of the front sight to allow attachment of a m The handgaurds were oval with an extra heatshield.
In the latter cases, the trigger unit also includes a ratchet device to count the shots fired. The ejection port is located at the right side of the receiver, and is closed by the spring-loaded dust cover, which automatically pops open when the bolt carrier is pulled back.
The M16A2 also features a spent case deflector — a triangular bulb on the receiver, just behind the ejection port, that allows the gun to be safely fired left-handed. The M16 is fed using box magazines. The earliest magazines were made from aluminum and held 20 rounds. Circa the new, 30 round magazines were introduced into service and these magazines are still in service today.
Most receivers are made from machined aluminum, but some commercially available receivers are made from aluminum castings with final drilling and machining. The upper and lower receivers are linked by two cross-pins — one at the front pivot pin , and one at the rear, above the pistol grip takedown pin. To field strip the AR, one must push the rear pin to the right as far as it will go, and then hinge the upper receiver around the front pin.
This will allow the bolt group and the carrying handle to be removed from the upper receiver. For further disassembly, the front pin also must be pushed out, and the upper and lower receiver can be separated. The key benefit of this design is its great flexibility — if all components available are made to the same specifications as in most cases they are , one can easily swap various upper receivers on to a lower receiver and vice versa. On the early AR and M16A1 rifles, the handguards were of triangular cross-section, and were made from two non-interchangeable parts.
The buttstock on the M16A2 is similar in design to the one of M16A1, but slightly longer. One disadvantage of the Stoner system is that it cannot be adapted for a conventional folding buttstock. Instead, if required, a telescoped stock is used, that allows the rifle to be shortened when required by about half of the length of the standard stock.
The M mount replaces the standard handguards on the rifle and requires a grenade launcher sight to be mounted on the carrying handle. Standard sights of the M16A1 consist of a protected front post, mounted on the gas block, and an aperture flip-up rear sight, with 2 range settings. Rear sights are mounted within the carrying handle and are adjustable for windage. The A2 style rear sight also features flip-up, dual aperture sights, with one smaller aperture for daylight usage, and another larger aperture for low light conditions.
The range adjustments are made by the rotating knob, located just under the sight. The front sight is generally the same as on the M16A1. The M16A3 and A4 rifles have detachable carrying handles with A2 sights, and a Picatinny-type MilStd rail on top of the receiver, that can accept a wide variety of sighting devices and mounts.
The most common military sighting equipment beyond basic iron sights is a Trijicon ACOG low-magnification telescope or Aimpoint or EOTech 1x magnification red-dot sight, often complemented by removable back-up iron sights BUIS , installed on the same Picatinny rail.
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