PTR 91F

PTR-91, is a family of modern, American-manufactured civilian semi-automatic rifles. The design is a variation of the Heckler and Koch G3 rifle. These rifles are produced by PTR Industries, Inc. of Aynor, South Carolina. The abbreviation PTR stands for "Precision Target Rifle".

History

The weapon is based on the Heckler & Koch G3/HK91 design widely used around the world, which itself is a variant of the Spanish-made CETME (Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales) model B rifle. The United States Federal assault weapons ban of 1994 (which expired in 2004) prohibited certain cosmetic features of the HK91, meaning that it could no longer be manufactured and sold to the US civilian market in its original configuration. Furthermore, the German-made HK91 was specifically prohibited from importation under the US 1989 Import Ban. Subsequently Heckler and Koch ceased manufacture of the semi-automatic HK91, and since then civilian versions of the G3 have increased in collector value. The PTR-91 was developed to fill the void, as the two rifles are almost identical.

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