AR180B

[RRAMJET82]

I JUST GOT A AR-180B WITH 5/20 RD MAGS.HAVE SHOT AN ORIGINAL

AR-180 A LONG TIME AGO( 30 YRS).I DO MISS THE SIDE FOLDING STOCK

BUT LIKE YOU CAN USE REG. AR-15 MAGS.PUT A 250 RD. BRICK OF UMC

556 THE FIRST WEEKEND THROUGH IT.SHOT BETTER THAN MY MINI-14

TACTICAL.I PLAN TO WORK ON THE STOCK AND THE HANDGUARD,BUT

I'M SOLD.

[PAINTANK]

Mine takes any magazine that fits an AR15 style rifle. I use polymer Magpul and Ramline along with the aluminum one it came with.

[rodlpz]

I have been told that Armalite will begin production again in 2010.

Armalite screwed itself by offering an introductory price of around $500 when they first came out, then upping the price to that of competing AR-15's. Sales dropped dramatically after that. Hopefully they learned their lesson. I would like to buy and T&E an AR-180B when they come back out.

Do the newr AR-180Bs take Magpul magazines? The older AR-18s wouldn't.

[wolfman383]

@rodlpz Doesn't look like they ever came out with that replacement. I picked up a real nice used one, but sure would like to see a newer design of same. Even a staped steel receiver would work well.

[kjsh987]

that ar180. i mean the model is just a beauty like an are piece apart sounds so nice when it shoots.

[savageman3006]

More ar-180b vids please!

Maybe a full review?

[elryanoo]

This is the gun the g36 and pretty much any other gun with a short stroke gas piston are based upon.

[Zobor111]

I want one, I have a Valmet M76 in .223 and its good, very reliable, even with reloads. The gas system is self-cleaning as the 180 is. Pity the M16 aint.

[DobermansRock]

Short stoke hit the AR arena. C heck out the HK 416 or any of the LWRC videos.

[BIGBOYREDGIE]

i have that gun love it how much was your's?

[DobermansRock]

Under a grand for a piston gun.

[DobermansRock]

I have the original AR-180 with the folding stock. I like it.. They are good guns. The piston system keeps all the carbon out of the reciever. So they are very easy to clean. I've put 1000's of rounds through mine with almost no problems.

[DobermansRock]

Bushmaster and they ended production...

[C172Pilotdude]

Bushmaster? The AR180 is an Armalite.

[DobermansRock]

The AR-180B is from Bushmaster. I am not sure but think they stopped production.

[PAINTANK]

My rifle is an ArmaLite AR-180B, new production made by ArmaLite when I bought it last year. I don't think they are still making this model.

I tried to find it on their site and all they have are accessories.

[DobermansRock]

Really I thought only Bushmaster went back into production with them. Does it say Armalite AR-180B made by Bushmaster on the side?

[C172Pilotdude]

My 180B says armalite on it

[DobermansRock]

My AR-180 original says Armalite on it. But it was made by Howa in Japan.

The originals were made by Armalite, Howa and Sterling. Bushmaster brought back the AR-180 as the AR-180B or Bravo. It still uses the piston gas system. But lacks a swivel stock, metal lower and right side mag catch. It instead has a polymer lower that is similar to that of the AR-15 design and will accept the same mags.

The AR-180B is not a bad gun for the money. They do make a swivel stock modification for it.

[andrewvanrhoberts]

@DobermansRock

I seen in the movie Terminator, Arnold uses a Ar-180 and removes the stock so he can hold it one handed. Is this possible to do? Or is this fictional

[PAINTANK]

The one in Terminator was an original version with a sidefolding stock. The stock was folded. This one is new with a fixed stock.

[panda2621]

@andrewvanrhoberts You could hold it one handed but it would be crazy recoil

[KingCommando32]

@andrewvanrhoberts

You mean holding it one handed? Try working out like Arnold before doing so.

[gbutch21]

@KingCommando32 Actually using a light loaded .223 its not that bad of recoil. As long as you have a little strength to hold the barrel up you can do it, not very practical though.

[Egg573]

AR180B's are American made. The old AR18's were made in all three of the mentioned countries.

[4Ugrunt]

I want to put a flashlight on mine without changing the hand guards. Has anybody seen someone do that?

[dp665]

check out nutinfancy's review of the kel tec su-16c part 2 he shows a picitiny rail section that you can screw on to guns so you dont have to change to a free floating rail fore grip

[parsley67]

sweet rifle i have one as well. also nice mavrick had a 302 grabber in high school

[MadBadVoodo]

Five Stars!!

[HiCapacity]

Just like the terminator.

[PAINTANK]

This is an AR180 though. It is not the AR type that you must be referring to.

This rifle is superior to the AK because it's made in America and not Peoples Tractor Factory #265.

[glocklover11]

hell Yeah! tell em brother

[dp665]

whats the quality, accuracy, and reliability of it... i have never woned an armalite so idk how good the ar180b by them would be... i am guessing its more reliable seeing how its a piston operating system as compaired to direct gas impigment like the finiky ar15s... just wondering cuz i am thinking about buying one

[PAINTANK]

I like mine.

[parsley67]

dp665 if you buy one you wont be sorry 4 inch groups at 120 yards without a scope [thats as far as i have shot] 1500 rounds with no malfunctions at all and when you go to clean it its not even dirty

[bitstreamstudios]

It's an awesome rifle. Very accurate (even better than AR-15 variants) and far more reliable. Stock and forearm feels a bit "cheap" - but it is not. This rifle was designed by Stoner to fix all the issues with the AR-15 and to be lighter to carry. Manufacturer tests accuracy to be 1 - 1.5 MOA, which is what I have found as well.

[WeisserWolf666]

AR's suck,AK's rule! BTW,the vid has nothing to do with AK's so take AK47 off the tags!

[dreadfulshadows]

my bravo is a tack driver, definatly beats the shit out of any crapanov