What weapon did Kyle Rittenhouse have?

Not an expert, but I doubt a 22 round blew that dude's arm off

S&W M&P 15 w/ EOTECH Holographic sight.

The ability to keep his composure.

a weapon many can only dream about

Thanks.

I looked it up. I see it uses a 5.56 round like the AR.

It just seems curious that the MSM is obsessed with the AR-15, that they wouldn’t accurately report on what the actual weapon was……

Thoughts?

Low grade AR15

It was an AR

I do not know for a FACT, but I believe he was using eithe .223 or 5.56. These rounds (the lead projectile) are nearly the same as .22 LR in diameter but are not the same round. They have much more black powder inside them and are far faster and more powerful than a .22 LR. I myself have a .223/5.56 rifle with an alternate bolt that allows use of .22lr. The barrel remains the same.

The AR-15 is a lightweight, intermediate cartridge magazine-fed, air-cooled rifle with a rotating lock bolt, actuated by direct impingement gas operation or long/short stroke piston operation. It has been produced in many different versions, including numerous semi-automatic and select fire variants. It is manufactured with extensive use of aluminum alloys and synthetic materials. The AR-15 was first built in 1959 by ArmaLite as a small arms rifle for the United States armed forces. Because of financial problems, ArmaLite sold the design to Colt. After modifications, the redesigned rifle was adopted as the M16 rifle. In 1963, Colt started selling the semi-automatic version of the rifle for civilians as the Colt AR-15. Although the name "AR-15" remains a Colt registered trademark, variants of the firearm are made, modified, and sold under various names by multiple manufacturers.

I looked at a couple of websites. Is this weapon just a cheap knockoff of the AR-15?

It's not a knock off it is an AR, but it is definitely on the cheaper end of the price spectrum!

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I can’t seem to find an article anywhere that states exactly what weapon that KR had. I am truly suspicious of the MSM reporting it was an “AR-15 style” weapon. Like they are setting up a push to ban the weapon.

i have heard to referred to as the "Honda Civic" of AR15s.

a great rifle for the money.

They're idiots for whom facts are not necessary and might in fact impede the narrative they're trying to advance.

All we need to know is it was one of those pesky "black" rifles, nothing to see here....move along.

Did the job.

The M&P15 is an AR15, it's just S&W's branding name for it. And that S&W is not a low quality rifle either. Budget tier would be DPMS.

He did not have a Smith and Wesson M&P15!

He had a Smith and Wesson M&P 15-22!

Big difference as the 15 shoots 5.56 vs the 15-22 which shoots .22 long rifle. A round that is far less powerful.

Now this makes more sense. I would think that a 5.56 round would how totally blown Grosskreutz arm off at that close range. The damage to Grosskreutz‘s arm would be more consistent with a LR .22 round (made to hunt rabbits and squirrels).

Do you have a link showing that the weapon was a Smith and Wesson M&P 15-22?

I heard it was an ar-15 .22 caliber… wondered the same thing bud those guys do explode bone and ricochet at the same time and it might have caused amputation?

If he was a real man, he'd have a shotgun full of slugs.

Wrong

Transcript says .223 casings were recovered.

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Dominick Black court complaint shows it was S&W M&P15 (not the 15-22) and the serial number.

Thanks!

This what I was looking for.

A decent set of balls

"cheap knockoff" isn't accurate. many manufacturers
have an AR-15 model which range from exact copy
to highly customized. the S&W is a decent copy for
around $800.

Ruger, Savage, Remington, SIG, H&K etc sell similar
models from $600 to $2000.

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Some research between the .223 and 5.56 ammo;

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It is true that the two cartridges are quite similar. However, there are some subtle, yet important differences between the .223 Remington and the 5.56x45mm cartridges.

The biggest difference between the two is that 5.56x45mm ammunition is loaded to a significantly higher pressure than .223 Remington ammunition.

This may explain why Grosskreutz‘s arm was not blown off at close range.

It's an AR-15 yes. It's actually a pretty decent low end prebuilt too.

Definitely nothing special and proves why you should build not buy.

I've built far better AR's for far less.

My most recent project will wind up costing me something between $400 & $500 and it's a FAR BETTER gun.

"AR15" is trademarked. It stands for Armalite 15, as in the 15th gun design from the original and now defunct company called Armalite.

They licensed the name to Colt, who used it for a while, but later dropped it. They then went out of business, and eventually sold the name Armalite along with the AR15 trademark, which now owned by a company going by that name.

While the name Armalite and the designation AR15 are trademarked, the rifle itself isn't protected by patents anymore, which typically run out after 20 years (the AR15 is about fifty years old).

The only "real" AR15 is made by Colt, as they still own the technical data package, but of course the design has been reverse engineered by everyone under the sun.

The S&W M&P15 is nothing but a carbon copy, albeit a poorly made one, of the Colt M4, which is the latest iteration of the AR15, with some very minor changes from the original design, namely some feed ramp cuts.

This is all way too complicated, though, so everyone just calls them AR15s, which is the original name Armalite used before the military gave it their own designation as the M16. Some people simply refer to them as ARs. Technically, they're semi automatic M4 clones, but again, just way too complicated for most people to keep track of.

AR-BAZOOKA15

It was an Ar15

AR = assault rifle
15 is how many bullits the magazine can shoot