The July 1984 edition of Gun World featured an interesting concept which is essentially an AR-15/M16 Upper in 9mm and .45 ACP. At first glance it looks like an AR, M-11, and Sten got together and had a strange child. The Automatic Rifle Conversion or A.R.C was the created byBob Pierce of A.I.I Inc from Prescott Valley, Arizona. The autor of the article Reloader of the Lost A.R.C, Dean Grennell, reported the upper came with a standard 8" barrel and the company had plans for a 16" Carbine version as well. Whole weapons were for sale as well. The 9mm version was fed from Sten Magazines. The company planned to offer two versions of the upper in .45 that either fed from a Thompson Magazine or a propriatary magazine. MSRP was $330 for the upper, $478 for complete guns. They claimed to work well in registered MGs or semi-auto lowers. The uppers or complete firearms never really appeared to come to furition in the commerical market place.
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