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Originally Posted by TacticalTom
45wheelgun: Wow...sweet looking rifle....is that an original Armalite Rife-15?
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It is an original Armalite AR-180 which is the semi-auto version of the AR-18. The AR-18 being the cross between an AK-47 and an M-16. It is the stamped receiver, gas piston version of an AR-15. The gas piston system is what many modern gas piston systems were modeled after. The "Beta" to the M-16's "VHS".
The quick release "no-re-zero" scope mount while not perfect was way ahead of it's time.
Mine is serial number S0003xx.