The.223 Remington, also known as 223 Remington by SAAMI and 223 Rem. by the C.I.P., is a rimless, bottlenecked, centerfire intermediate cartridge. It was developed in 1957 by Remington Arms and Fairch
A variety of .223 Remington cartridges with a .308 Winchester (right) for comparison
From left: .222 Remington, .223 Remington, and 5.56×45mm NATO
(Left to right) .223 Remington, .243 Winchester, .308 Winchester
10.4mm Swiss Vetterli Winchester
The ArmaLite AR-10 is a 7.62×51mm NATO battle rifle designed by Eugene Stoner in the late 1950s and manufactured by ArmaLite. When introduced in 1956, the AR-10 used an innovative combination of a str
Close-up of ArmaLite AR-10 with Artillerie Inrichtingen (A.I.) markings
Close-up of flash Suppressor/compensator on early "Hollywood" model AR-10
AR-10 Sudanese model (top) over an AR-15 successor model (center)
Portuguese paratroopers with AR-10 flash hiders visible.