This time we decided to clone another gun of the '80s.

The Lafrance M16K was a super short AR designed by Tim LaFrance in 1980. The idea of Lafrance, a pretty famous armorer who worked for the cinema industry, was to provide a short gun with enough punch to counter an eventual vehicle ambush. The gun had to be short (to be handled in vehicle) pack a punch (at the time the Secret Service used the 9mm UZI) and have a fast acquisition sighting system (at the time red dots were not reliable or evolved like today).

The result was the M16K which was impressive under many aspects, the most being the super fast acquisition sight which predated the ghost ring by 40 years. Basically the front sight is a ghost ring which goes into the rear diopter sights (adjustable) and provides a fast and accurate short within 50-70 mt. even on moving targets (if you use it correctly with both eyes open).

Out team was so impressed by the  sight that we decided to make a Nylon X model of it and sell it on Gunbroker. Basically it can be mounted on any A1 A2 or A3 upper without a front sight or with a foldable one (the front sight obstructs the ghost ring). The ghost ring is bolted into the hole of the top handle. This gun has been proposed (and already sold) on Gunbroker but we can build one on order.