Celebrating the Armalite AR-180
I’ve had lots of folks contact me about buying these when they are available. I don’t think I could sell them fully finished for enough to pay for my time but I think I would have no problem selling them in the raw, printed state.
Anyone willing to sand and polish their own?
Heading for Salt Lake for work so let me see what I have into these for design and materials and I’ll see if I can put a price on them.
A bunch of wet sanding and I am at this point.
Next up polishing compound.
That was a little premature. Gotta go back to some finer sandpaper first. I like where this is heading.
Firearms News (Formerly Shotgun News) is releasing their second Retro Edition on July 3rd.
I thought y’all might like to see the cover.
I didn’t contribute but they did mention my web site. Make sure you pick it up when it hits the store shelves.
Just wanted to thank all those that contacted me with well wishes and to buy a few things but I am announcing that I no longer plan to go after this gun. I have learned a lot about this gun including the fact that it is somewhat famous and several people with deep pockets will be pursuing it.
I want to let my readers know first so that they may put their hat in the ring if they so wish.
Here is what I know about the gun in question.
It was sold from Armalite in 1985 as an “S” model and was either a mule or part of the companies collection.
It was became somewhat famous when it appeared in the Small Arms Review article “The Lost Armalites”
The black and white photos make it hard to tell if the upper on the gun is the same as when it was sold in 1998 but I think it is. Is the upper the same as when it was sold in 1985 is the real question. One can never be sure.
While this gun surely belongs in my reference collection I can not justify the expense at this time and I intend to pursue a “Normal” AR-18 as my first machine gun.
I have decided to make a run at this AR-18S that will be in the up coming Rock Island Auction.
In order to finance that I am having a massive sell off of my collection. I have AR-180 parts, guns, scopes, retro and preban AR’s. Too much to list but I am in the mood to let go of some stuff. That doesn’t happen often so get them while you can.
Email me for details and your wish list.
Wish me luck and I hope I won’t have to compete against any of you for this cool gun.
