ABOUT WHITESTONE ORDNANCE

“On Might 1, 1917, the Secretary of War convened an ordnance panel to test and advocate for adoption a light-weight equipment gun or automatic rifle. Browning’s was rapidly adopted. It had been referred to as the Browning Automatic Rifle’ and was shortly referred to generally by its initials ‘B-A-R.’ The BAR was chambered to the regular M