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Posted: 9/26/2019 12:54:38 PM EDT
My first thread went to archives so I thought you might want an answer to the question.
The answer is YES! |
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Me too. I was going to comment on your Instagram. I figure here is more appropriate.
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These just happened to show up in my in-box. http://ar180s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/70F0F8C2-24D7-4B71-A436-A7B878897ECC.jpeg http://ar180s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1BEA3977-13A4-4DF6-B2CA-0557DEACEB4C.jpeg It's been very hard to keep quiet about my collaboration with Nodak Spud to build the 100% version of my lower! I just got the go ahead so here you are! View Quote |
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That would probability get me to buy one of the uppers. I wish it didn't have a buffer tube in the back and instead had a mount like the sig mcx does but still it looks really good.
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Having the traditional buffer tube threads gives us the potential for sales to people that might just build it with an AR15 upper.
When I get some free time I'm going to make up a folding stock that looks like the original AR-180 style. |
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OMG! I thought the same thing. It needs a different lower.
This is awesome! Any idea on pricing or availability? |
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Having the traditional buffer tube threads gives us the potential for sales to people that might just build it with an AR15 upper. When I get some free time I'm going to make up a folding stock that looks like the original AR-180 style. View Quote |
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Having the traditional buffer tube threads gives us the potential for sales to people that might just build it with an AR15 upper. When I get some free time I'm going to make up a folding stock that looks like the original AR-180 style. View Quote |
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Price: We have not run production parts yet so we don't have a proper accounting of run time on the CNC yet. I'll know more next month.
Availability: We should have finished parts off the mill by the end of October. It will take another 2-3 weeks to get a batch anodized. Not taking any pre-orders yet, but you can email info@ to get on a notification list. |
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That is freaking AWESOME!!!! I’m absolutely in love with that lower, I want one so bad!
I wonder why Nodak doesn’t put the AUTO marking on this AR180 lower or their other lowers for that matter, I think they would all look so much more ascetically pleasing if the did. |
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Defiantly interested. Emailed NDS to be added to info list.
I wonder if brownells will make a more gi looking upper. |
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Drawing a blank on the correct model name (Dawoo?), but would replacing the buffer tube with a rifle size and adding the Taiwan M16 stock give it the original look?
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These just happened to show up in my in-box. http://ar180s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/70F0F8C2-24D7-4B71-A436-A7B878897ECC.jpeg http://ar180s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1BEA3977-13A4-4DF6-B2CA-0557DEACEB4C.jpeg It's been very hard to keep quiet about my collaboration with Nodak Spud to build the 100% version of my lower! I just got the go ahead so here you are! View Quote Well, this is going to get expensive. |
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Drawing a blank on the correct model name (Dawoo?), but would replacing the buffer tube with a rifle size and adding the Taiwan M16 stock give it the original look? View Quote |
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Put a fence next to the mag release. Or at least a guard bump
In front of it. |
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The Daewoo K2 stock might work but they are impossible to find. Daewoo guys have been looking into modifying FAL stocks to replace the ban era thumbhole stocks. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Drawing a blank on the correct model name (Dawoo?), but would replacing the buffer tube with a rifle size and adding the Taiwan M16 stock give it the original look? EDIT: looked online and it seems they don’t make an air soft version... |
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A sully stock on a folding adapter would be slick on there and have something of the right profile.
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LOL. you or they couldn't even go just one extra step and mark it safe semi "auto".
so stupid! Way to go @mike_NDS Also, did you try and get Brownells involved with the project? As is sales will be very small IMO. That could change if it was Brownells marked. Would be very cool if the model was BRN-180 and had Brownells name on it. WORK IT OUT AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. @Brownells |
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Why do you keep copy/pasting the same post in multiple threads?
I answered your question about the engraving in the piston uppers forum. |
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Quoted: I would DIE laughing if they came out with a correct looking upper and it was also correct spec, i.e. used the NDS-18. View Quote I can’t wait to get one of these new Nodak lowers! Now it gives me an excuse to get a BRN-180 upper |
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The quest to make a repro AR-!80 that costs more then an original is almost complete.
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The quest to make a repro AR-!80 that costs more then an original is almost complete. View Quote |
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I think it looks good on a regular AR upper, something different.
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Awesome!
Rick, I think its so cool you made a contribution to the ongoing legacy and story of the AR180!! |
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Question: I seem to recall having read that the mag catch on the 18 differs from an ar15 because there were issues witb magazine retention or presentation with an ar15 type mag catch. Since the ar15 catch obviously works on the ar15 family, is the shorter mag well the culprit in why the ar15 catch didnt work for the ar18?
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Question: I seem to recall having read that the mag catch on the 18 differs from an ar15 because there were issues witb magazine retention or presentation with an ar15 type mag catch. Since the ar15 catch obviously works on the ar15 family, is the shorter mag well the culprit in why the ar15 catch didnt work for the ar18? View Quote |
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Could have, should have, would have...........been great. I see an AR-180 and a messed up AR-15. My opinion means nothing. I agree in that. But this "thing" needs to go back to the drawing board. Of course there are limitation in what can be done, but wow is it a miss. I will give you credit on the AR-180B copy, you did a damn nice job. This however I know, I know..... If you do not like it then do not buy it.....will be mantra. https://i.imgur.com/YyYKLwa.jpg View Quote |
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Quoted: Every time you post something I cringe. But I am happy you realize your opinion, “means nothing”. You have pretty much killed every BRN-180 thread with your negativity, please go away. View Quote Opposing views should be silenced. |
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Failing to view or acknowledge constructive criticism is the ultimate negativity. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Quoted: Every time you post something I cringe. But I am happy you realize your opinion, "means nothing". You have pretty much killed every BRN-180 thread with your negativity, please go away. This lower looks awesome! I'll be one of the ones using it on AR uppers. |
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You're not providing constructive criticism, just negativity. There isn't a big enough market for what you want or it would've already been filled. This lower looks awesome! I'll be one of the ones using it on AR uppers. View Quote |
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New thread with POLL question.
https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/-/5-2261227/?page=1 @mike_nds @bigrix |
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Mods, can we get this thread moved to the appropriate location? This is the AR-15 / M-16 retro thread. Not Armalite AR-18, or -180 or whatever else that series of rifles is/was named.
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Quoted: While this is close to accurate I would say that one thing holding many of my readers back from shooting and enjoying their original guns is the fear of breaking a part that is hard to locate. It took me 3+ years to build my Costa Mesa AR180S and a substantial amount of cash. In a couple months you could build a BRN180S like the one I have and order everything you want. No endless searches online and at gunshows. You are also free to customize as you see fit. You also wouldn't be cutting up original parts to build it. Would I like a more traditional looking version? Yes and I look forward to building one. View Quote |
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swOHmatt if it wasn't for ArmaLite there wouldn't be a AR15/M16, AR18/180 is family.
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If worried about parts, then why pursue some oddball half breed that will be unsupported in 5 or 10 years, just like the original? View Quote The funny thing is... and it's truly hilarious... IF Brownells simply did the right thing and 1:1'd the design and put it on top of the already existing NDS-18... it wouldn't be unsupported anymore- it would be supported! Instead, much time and electrons are devoted to the question of, "What is the best way to fix this slap-trap abortion of a rifle?" which leads full-circle to the comment above- Wow! What a "work of art" it is to have the correct part! What does the group think about the potential creation of another wrong part that bears more cosmetic resemblance to the correct part? Did we forget that the solution to wrong-upper is "fix the upper..." not "invent wrong lower" when both correct AR-15 and correct AR-180 pattern receivers are part of our current reality? This doesn't even account for the fact that the Brownell's offering bears more similarity to the SIG MCX than the original AR-180... and for non-retro/ performance guys/ piston heads that want a one-stamp, suppressed solution that won't gas them out, the poor design of the handguards and their attachment/ removal makes perm'ing a can and even some QD mounts a NO GO. It's all so wacky and weird... |
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Interesting......
Running >3:1 wanting a design more like original and most opposed to something like an AR with a buffer tube capability. Wow, I did not expect that. My opinion does not matter, do the opinions of others also not matter? https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/BRN-180-BRN-180S-Which-lower-style-would-you-prefer-POLL-Question-/5-2261227/?r=-1&page=1&anc=81304422#i81304422 |
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