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In 1963, the US Army wanted to purchase 85,000 AR-15 rifles as a one-time purchase to hold the infantry until final approval of the expected Project SPIW rifle. While the Air Force's previous purchases of the AR-15 had been simple over-the-counter transactions with Colt, the size of this new contract prompted Robert McNamara to form a committee to review the rifle requirements of all four service branches to standardize. One of the items in dispute was the addition of a manual bolt catch.

The Air Force, which had been testing the AR-15 for several years at that point, did not see the need for such a device. However, the Army insisted this was necessary to increase infantryman confidence and because it could resolve a glitch in a given situation. Today let's discuss the series of events that led to the eventual adoption in January 1964 of the now familiar plunger-type bolt-closing device.

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