American-180
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The American-180 is a submachine gun developed in the 1960s which fires the .22 Long Rifle or .22 ILARCO cartridges from a pan magazine. The concept began with the Casull Model 290 that used a flat pan magazine similar to designs widely used prior to World War II. Only 87 Casull M290s were built, as the weapon was expensive to manufacture. The American-180 is an improved version. A semi-automatic only variant called the American SAR 180/275 is still produced on a custom basis by E&L Manufacturing of Riddle, Oregon.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- American-180
- Weapon.image
- American-180.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.type
- Submachine gunSemi-automatic rifle (SAR 180/275)
- Weapon.used_by
- See Users
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.designer
- Richard J. Casull
- Weapon.manufacturer
- VoereIllinois Arms Company, Inc.American Arms International
- Weapon.production_date
- early 1970s to mid-1980s
- Weapon.number
- ~10,000
- Weapon.variants
- Voere SAM-180 (semi-automatic variant)select-fire variant
- Weapon.weight
- empty loaded with 177-round magazine
- Weapon.part_length
- (select-fire variant) (semi-automatic variant)
- Weapon.cartridge
- .22 Long Rifle.22 ILARCO (.22 Winchester Short Magnum Rimfire/.22 American)
- Weapon.action
- blowback, open bolt
- Weapon.rate
- 1200 round/min (.22 Long Rifle) 1500 round/min (.22 ILARCO)
- Weapon.feed
- 165, 177, 220, or 275 round detachable pan magazine
- Weapon.sights
- Fixed open sights, Factory-installed laser sights
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Operation
- Variants
- Users
- See also
- References
- External links
The American-180 is a submachine gun developed in the 1960s which fires the .22 Long Rifle or .22 ILARCO cartridges from a pan magazine. The concept began with the Casull Model 290 that used a flat pan magazine similar to designs widely used prior to World War II. Only 87 Casull M290s were built, as the weapon was expensive to manufacture. The American-180 is an improved version. A semi-automatic only variant called the American SAR 180/275 is still produced on a custom basis by E&L Manufacturing of Riddle, Oregon.
==Operation== The weapon operates through a conventional blowback mechanism. It uses an open bolt with a flat pan magazine. It fires at a very high rate of fire of approximately 1,200 rounds per minute. The American-180 was purchased mostly by private parties prior to the Hughes Amendment in 1986, which banned the production of automatic weapons for the American civilian market. The A180 was adopted by the Utah Department of Corrections to arm prison guards.
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