The ArmaLite AR-18 is a gas-operated rifle chambered for 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition. The AR-18 was designed at ArmaLite in California by Arthur Miller, Eugene Stoner, George Sullivan, and Charles Dorchester in 1963 as an alternative to the Colt AR-15 design, a variant of which had just been selected by the U.S. military as the M16.

Jun 1, 2015 · The selective fire AR-18 (top) and the semiautomatic only version (bottom). The selective fire version was manufactured by ArmaLite, Inc. in California and the AR-180 by Sterling in England.

The BRN-180® Gen 3 upper is available in 16" or 13.9" barrels chambered for .223 Wylde, or go compact with a 9" barrel in 300 Blackout. Precision and performance, tailored to your build. When you pick up a BRN-180 Gen3 upper, the first thing you'll notice when you reach for the charging handle to check the chamber is.... there's no charging ...

Oct 21, 2021 · Brownells now offers the BRN-180 in 300 Blackout, and if you want a piston-driven rifle in either 300 Blackout or 5.56 NATO caliber, this is a good way to achieve that without going the typical AR route. The BRN-180 is an effective and capable rifle.

May 20, 2024 · The AR-180 is a semi-automatic variant of the Armalite AR-18 rifle. The original AR-18 was designed by Arthur Miller (not the famous playwright) and Eugene Stoner in 1963. The rifle underwent evaluation in 1964 at Aberdeen Proving Ground but was ultimately not selected by the United States military due to reliability and function issues with ...

Aug 9, 2018 · The AR-18/180 was the latest iteration of the then-new method of rifle construction featuring stamped and welded steel fabrication.

Jun 11, 2020 · Fans of piston-driven ARs now have a new option in the BRN-180 system, a modernized recreation of the unique AR-180 as developed by Eugene Stoner.

Jun 24, 2019 · The AR-18 was ArmaLite’s rifle that just never caught any traction, failing to score a major military or law enforcement buyer from the moment of its launch to its eventual demise.

Jan 27, 2025 · It’s not an AR-15, so it satisfies that contrarian urge and I always wanted an AR-180 growing up. The Brownells BRN-180 scratched that itch and has continued to evolve as the years have passed. This year, Brownells brought the BRN-180 Gen3 to SHOT 2025, and I was able to get hands-on with the gun.

Apr 30, 2016 · ArmaLite AR-180 represents Eugene Stoner’s next generation design following up on the AR-15. Making maximal use of steel pressing technology, AR-180 was designed to be manufactured in places that lacked first-world industrial capabilities.