Comments on: Ar-180

By: Crash

Crash — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 13:13:34 +0000

Looking for an AR-180 bipod. Help please.

By: WESLEY LEWIS

WESLEY LEWIS — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 02:11:21 +0000

WHERE CAN I GET PARTS FOR AR-180

By: Dagger

Dagger — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:03:27 +0000

Dig the ar18.

By: Jonbeile

Jonbeile — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 23:32:18 +0000

This information is fantastic. I recently became aware of this rifle. I’m so taken by it that I just bought a 180b. I’m in California and unfortunately for everyone here the feindstein had the ar180 banned. I haven’t got my rifle yet it’s in the mail. But I did get the domain name as I am a collector of those. I’m hoping you won’t mind if I post your pictures up, I will give you credit and a link to your blog. Contact me if you object.

Thank You very much.

By: Rick Kelley

Rick Kelley — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 13:11:02 +0000

Thank you very much for publishing these pictures as I am sure many of us were curious how these were made.

I imagine from looking at your photos that at the Howa or Sterling plant these would have gone from one machine to the other with each doing the next stamping operation. With the small facility in Costa Mesa, how do you think they did it? Perhaps they made batches then changed the tooling? Did they sub-contract some of this?

By: Aries144

Aries144 — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:37:02 +0000

Black Talon,

Are you thinking of ArmaLite (actually Eagle Arms that bought the rights to the ArmaLite name) and the AR180B wither polymer lower yhay took AR15 mags? My experience with them revealed that the company really didn’t see the rifle as anything more than a side project and wasn’t interested in investing the time to solve its design issues.

By: Danny Boy

Danny Boy — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:55:33 +0000

To echo Black Talon: who is making these? I know NDS makes milled lowers which is the actual firearm, so if your friend who does this isn’t looking to be an FFL he can still make the rest and sell them. I am eager to build an AR180B if possible, and while Armalite seems to sell a lot of parts they are missing crucial things like the upper and barrel. Any extra resources to view is definitely welcome!

By: Black Talon

Black Talon — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 04:48:12 +0000

which company is producing these? i know there was a company that started producing these again a few years back i believe around 2008 or 2009, but it thought they stopped producing and selling them because there was no demand.

By: James Patrick

James Patrick — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 22:53:06 +0000

Great post! I’m curious to see how the front trunnion is attached to the upper. Is it really just some spot welds on the sides?

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 20:04:35 +0000

Thanks for the insight. We are dealing with the same problems today with our stamping dies and there design.