Only the highest quality Ohio Ordnance original and USGI standard parts are used in its production. The only one of its kind in production anywhere in the world, it is manufactured with some of the original USGI WWI and WWII parts. manufactures a semi-automatic version of this rifle, the 1918 A3, keeping alive this icon of American military weaponry. Few weapons of war ever pressed into service have offered the romantic allure of the BAR. Used sparingly during World War I because of the United States’ late entry into the war, it played a major role during World War II and the Korean Conflict, offering a very reliable combination of rapid fire and penetration. Generally accompanied by at least one companion carrying an additional bandolier with twelve magazines, the BAR man could exercise some serious firepower. Weighing in at under twenty pounds, it could easily be carried by one soldier, who could drape a bandolier with twelve magazines over his shoulder, giving him a total of 260 rounds (counting those in the mounted magazine). The Browning Automatic Rifle, known simply as the BAR, was a shoulder-fired light machine gun fed by a twenty-round box magazine of 30-06, the same ammunition used by the 1903 Springfield. There is a small/light importer mark on the rear right side of the receiver that reads "INTER AMERICAN/SAC".This book traces the evolution of the Browning Automatic Rifle from the Model of 1918, first to face combat in World War I, through its various configurations in all arenas of combat all the way to the present-day1918 A3 SLR developed and manufactured by Ohio Ordnance Works. It is complete with an original bipod, one 20 round magazine and four spare 20 round GI magazines. This rifle is also fitted with the late pattern rear sight that is graduated from 200-1,500 yards and is fully adjustable for windage and elevation with a blade front sight. There is also a small ordnance bomb proof on top of the barrel along with a crossed cannon ordnance acceptance proof on the front edge of the receiver. SMALL ARMS CORP./668340 A N/-PATENT APPLIED FOR-". The top of the receiver is marked as follows "BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE,/U.S. The front end of the barrel is marked "N.E.-7/Ordnance Bomb/10-44" indicating manufacture in July 1944. This specific rifle is also fitted with a later pattern five-prong type flash hider. This example also has the barrel mounted bipod with the flat feet and the high impact black plastic resin/fiberglass buttstock with the hinged buttplate. This specific BAR is a WWII model manufactured in the later M1918A2 configuration, which allowed the rifle to be fired in a slow rate of fire mode by rotating the selector lever to "F" for the 350 rounds per minute or moving the lever to the "A" for full automatic. During WWII these weapons were manufactured by the Marlin Firearms Company and the New England Small Arms Corp. This weapon is another extremely successful design by John Browning, that was exceptionally well made, robust and functioned flawlessly. These BARs played a significant role on all the major battlefields during WWII, Korea and even into Vietnam. The original design of this rifle was developed by John Browning in 1917 to meet the requirements for a man-portable fully-automatic rifle for the infantry. This is an example of a desirable WWII M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) design, as manufactured by the New England Small Arms Corp.
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