{"id":18191,"date":"2012-10-23T09:01:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T14:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=18191"},"modified":"2013-08-08T11:30:21","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T16:30:21","slug":"the-history-of-the-m16-rifle-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/the-history-of-the-m16-rifle-part-1\/18191\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of the M16 Rifle &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18192\" title=\"HistoryM16part1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/HistoryM16part1-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/HistoryM16part1-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/HistoryM16part1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It is arguably the most recognized firearm in the world, and the longest serving US infantry rifle ever fielded. It has been copied by numerous countries, and its civilian counterpart is produced by virtually every firearms manufacturer out there.<\/p>\n<p>Aired first time on Gun Stories: 08-10-11.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/6eFMJC\/RqqFgTxaLX4a\/embed\/select\/GmP1bIhZ4UPM&amp;autoPlay=true\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reference Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/the-history-of-the-m16-rifle-part-2\/18435\/\">The History of the M16 Rifle &#8211; Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/the-history-of-the-m16-rifle-part-3\/18563\/\" target=\"_blank\">The History of the M16 Rifle \u2013 Part 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M16_rifle\" target=\"_blank\">The M16<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M16_rifle\" target=\"_blank\"> Ri<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M16_rifle\" target=\"_blank\">fle<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M16_rifle\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gun Stories Home Page on Outdoorchannel.com:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/outdoorchannel.com\/Shows\/GunStories.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/outdoorchannel.com\/Shows\/GunStories.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gun Stories Facebook Fan Page:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GunStories\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GunStories<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Mantegna on Facebook<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/joemantegna\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/joemantegna<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Mantegna on Twitter<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeMantegna\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeMantegna<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Mantegna&#8217;s web site<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joemantegna.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.joemantegna.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is arguably the most recognized firearm in the world, and the longest serving US infantry rifle ever fielded. It has been copied by numerous countries, and its civilian counterpart is produced by virtually every firearms manufacturer out there. Aired first time on Gun Stories: 08-10-11. Reference Links: The History of the M16 Rifle &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":18192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,1612],"tags":[1672,1976],"class_list":["post-18191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-gun-stories","tag-joe-mantegna","tag-m16-rifle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}