Celebrating the Armalite AR-180
I knew it would happen some time or another but was hoping to fly under the radar for awhile longer. Worst part is they are sitting on my money for 180 days.
Ugh!
For now I will have to do things old school. Email me with what you want and I will let you know if its in-stock and where to mail the funds.
A new pistol grip design that will fit standard AR15 lower receivers is now available.
As with the previous design these can be used as printed or sanded and polished to your liking. I have found that a quick sanding with 120 grit sandpaper followed by a few coats of primer then a gloss black top coat works fantastic. It requires much less time than a complete polish job.
Available Here
Brownells just announced their newest BRN-180 offering and I’m sure you can probably figure out I’m really excited about it, the BRN-180S. A 10.5″ version of their BRN-180.
It does not appear to have an appropriate flash hider. I think I can fix that.
They will be available in the store as soon as I get them parkerized. Keep an eye out.
How about the elephant in the room? Whats with that lower receiver? That is the first prototype of the Fusion Lower Receiver in the flesh. Ready for some testing. They will be available as an 80% “Paper Weight” as soon as I can get the last few details ironed out.
Stay Tuned!
My daughter told me that my site needed some help. I let her play around with it and so far I like it.
What do you think?
Also a little update to the Fusion Lower. It was suggested that I increase the reinforcements around the pivot pin.
Friend had some free time on his VMC so he agreed to make a lower to see how it looks in real life.
First couple of operations are done and it is starting to look the part. Another cut along the bottom following the magwell will just about finish the side profile.
What do y’all think?
After reading my last article I was contacted by Michael Vickers from Helston Forensics. He linked me a couple articles that he felt my readers and Jonathan Ferguson in particular would be interested in.
The first article is just chock full of interesting tidbits including Sterling AR-18S mods Sterling made, like a longer barrel to increase reliability, SAR-80 info as well as the connection to Mark Westrom, who went on to build the AR180B. Check it out Here.
Also mentioned in the article was the FAC-70. The Foote Automatic Carbine that Sterling considered making before taking on the AR-18/180 from Armalite. Michael sent me a second article that digs deeper into the particular weapon. The original article is Here.
I had never heard of this particular rifle before. I definitely want to learn more. It reminds me of the ARAK-21 line of rifles. I need to build a clone, don’t you think?