Celebrating the Armalite AR-180
I was doing some maintenance on my Early Howa AR-180, one of the first 1000, and found a barrel marking that I have never seen documented before.
It was hiding under the operating rod return spring and I never noticed it till I had it removed. What does it stand for? Howa Precision Rifles? I don’t know for sure.
Do you have any thoughts?
If you want to know more about these early Howa AR-180’s check out these older articles of mine.
Just a quick update on the Fusion “paperweight” and the Fusion grip.
The Fusion grip will now be printed as a slickside. It will require little to no sanding and polishing by you and for most it will be used as is. Bolt it on and go!
The Fusion “paperweight” has eliminated the buffer detent hole. Don’t worry, it will still work with your AR15 upper but will be a bit more fiddly when taking down for cleaning. Most are planing to use this with their BRN-180 upper and this will make it an even more perfect match.
Reader Alex sent me this link. Jump to the 22:03 mark to see the AR18S.
You can definitely see the unique flash hider on this gun. If you need one for your shorty project head over to AR180Parts.com. I just got a batch back from John Thomas at Retro Arms Works and they are ready to ship.
I have moved my store to a seperate web site AR180Parts.com.
This has allowed me to add additional security and to accept online payments in the form of BitCoin. I am working on a solution for those wanting to mail payments but for now you can contact me through the new site and we can arrange payment and work out the details. I will be adding another category with used surplus parts as time allows. Thank you for your patience.
The best part is you can now use this to put yourself on a mailing list when the next batch of Fusion “Paperweights” is ready to ship. I have had multiple emails about this and it took me awhile to come up with a solution.
Head over to AR180parts.com and check it out.
Direct link to the Fusion lower is here!
I don’t know how I missed this for 6 months but someone built a Bullpup BRN-180.
You can find the original post here!
Does someone have an account on that forum? If so shoot him a message for me and send him here, we need to chat.
He used an electronic trigger with a solenoid to actuate the “regular” trigger.
He has since moved the battery to the rear of the gun.
After seeing this I want to do the same thing and it might just end up bringing my SA-80 airsoft conversion back from the dead.
Airsoft lower with the guts out of a BRN-180 upper.