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While the Colt Model 601 was the first AR-15 to be mass-produced, there were several design variations that came before during the platform's development.

Developed at the request of U.S. Special Forces, the new M468 6.8x43 mm Special Purpose Cartridge and Barrett’s Special Purpose Carbine address many of the perceived shortcomings of the 5.56x45 mm cartridge. Fielded in limited numbers by the U.S. military, does the future lie with the 6.8?

Early last year, the Puerto Rican Police Bureau demised and liquidated some of its old stock of rifles as parts kits for private purchase. These kits give the average enthusiast the ability of building up a clone of one of the earliest evolutions of the AR-15 platform, the Colt Model 601.