Did you know L. James Sullivan of ArmaLite AR15 design team also designed the mini-14

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Speaking of the Winchester .224 Light Rifle that spawned the Mini-14, it was Winchester's entry into the 1957 SCHV (Small Caliber High Velocity) weapons trial that gave us Stoner's AR15. The Winchester suffered from accuracy issues caused by using a too light of weight barrel (just like early Mini-14s). The round was a near duplicate of the .222 Remington Special (that became the .223), except it used a stubbier 53 grain bullet for a shorter OAL.