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LOT 3344
Attractive and Rare Exhibition/Presentation Cased Chrome
and Gold Plated Limited Edition American Arms International American 180 M2 Class III/NFA Submachine Gun with Extra Matching Barrels, Matching Laser Sight Unit, and Silencer
-A) American Arms American 180 M2 Submachine Gun, Class III/ NFA Transferable Machine Gun - Serial no. 110, 22 LR cal., 16 1/2 inch fluted bbl., chrome/gold finish, deluxe walnut stock. Developed in the 1970s based on work from the noted designer Richard Casull, the American 180 may be the ultimate NFA “fun gun”, coupling a
large magazine with the low recoil of the 22 Long Rifle to create a weapon with a reputation for high controllability and ease of use.
Of course, the design is not all fun and games; when tested by the Infantry Board at Fort Benning in 1977, it was found to be a very agile close-in weapon and particularly effective in low light conditions when coupled with the then-advanced Laser-LOK sight, a very early helium-neon gas laser. The board also found that automatic bursts from the 180 could achieve deep penetration of hard targets, with short bursts being capable of compromising a flak jacket and longer bursts capable of punching through helmets and cinder block walls.