Squires Bingham M16 is a cheap combat rifle designed and produced in the Philippines. Squibman is the brand name of the Squires Bingham Company, and they have produced a variety of rifles, shotguns, and pistols under this name. Their M16 is one of several attempts to make a cheap rimfire weapon that resembles a combat rifle.
Design
The Squires Bingham M16 rifle configuration is, as the title implies, based upon that of the American M16, though the detailed execution is considerably different. The straight-line stock layout, the carrying handle with the rear sight, the elevated foresight, and the muzzle flash hider. But the mechanism is a simple blowback unit, and the barrel and receiver are in a tubular assembly, which drops into the stock. Below is the pistol grip and magazine housing assembly.
The stock is mahogany, finished in ebony black, while the metal components are either blackened steel or anodized alloy. The rear sight is a fixed elevation aperture, adjustable for windage.
The Squires Bingham M16 shoots with acceptable accuracy and makes a good general-purpose ‘fun gun’ or vermin shooter. The design has not copied the M16 so slavishly as to finish up with bad proportioning, as have some others, and there is sufficient length of butt to allow the rifle to be held comfortably and firmly.
Technical specifications
| Manufacturer: | Squires, Bingham Mfg. Co., Marikina, Philippines |
| Type: | semi-automatic, blowback |
| Caliber: | .22 Long Rifle RF |
| Barrel: | 16 in (406 mm) |
| Weight: | 6 lbs (2.72 kg) |
| Magazine capacity: | 15 rounds |
| Cyclic rate of fire: | – |
I bought something similar back in the mid to late ’70s as a kid. Looked exactly the same. Had a wood stock but all the rest resembled an M-16. it was also in 22 LR. I think I got it at KMART. Damn, at my old age I’m surprised I could remember all that. Now, where did I put my EDC?
Very nice looking… Like the Wood Stock…
I had one in the 80’s i think armscor made it(?) I sold it years ago & just bought one of the new ones today.does anyone know where i can find extra magazines & maybe a flash hider for it?mine had the flash hider back then
I’m wanting to order one….what’s the costs…including shipping…
As a young adult this was my first. 22 that wasn’t single shot. Fun gun for plinking or small game. Surprisingly accurate. Probably put a full brick of shells through it that first weekend. Still have it at a friend’s house back in Canada.
still got one! could use a sling, and another mag.
anytime they don’t reveal the price in the add, I’m not intrested.
Had one in my teens. The rate of fire was faster than my friends Ruger 22.
I need a magazine clip for a squires Bingham 16
I still have mine that I bought in the early eighties. It’s such a fun gun, it’s been shot countless times. I think I paid around $80 at Walmart for it.