E & L Manuafacturing American 180 Rifle Instruction Manual

American
180Rifle
InstructionManual
AmericanArmsInternational,Inc.
E&LMANUFACTURINGINC.
4177RIDDLEBYPASSROAD
RIDDLE,OR97469
PHONE541874-2137FAX541874-3107 

by
RICHARDW.HAll
AMERICANARMSINTERNATIONAL,INC.
ARMAMENTSTECHNICIAN
PUBLISHEDBY
AMERICANARMSINTERNATIONAL,INC.
SALTlAKECITY,UTAH
1980 

PREFACE
WARNING,READPREFACECOMPLETELYBEFOREUSING
WEAPON.
Thisweaponisaprecisioninstrumentwhichrequiresproper
handlingandmaintenancetoassurethesafetyoftheuser.Atthe
sametime,itisaruggedweapon,fullytestedineveryconceivable
environment,andifproperlymaintained,willgivemanyyearsof
satisfactoryservice.
Properandsafehandlingisrequiredofallweapons.Thisis
evenmoreimportantwhereanautomaticweaponisconcerned.
Purchasersarepresumedtobefamiliarandexperiencedwith...

WARNING
Keephandsandbodyfreefromejectionpathandejectionport.
Expendedcartridgesexitfromtheweaponatahighrateandata
hightemperature.Firerisadvisedtowearlongsleevegarments
whenfiringtheweapon,andtoholdtheweaponbythehandgrips
provided.Useonlyhighqualityammunitioninthisweapon.Qual-
ityofammunitionvariesandinexpensiveorpoorlymadeammu-
nitioncancauseammunitionmalfunction. 

NOTICE:AmericanArmsInternational,Inc.oranyofitsaffiliates
shallnotberesponsibleforinjuryordeathordamagetoproperty
resultingfromeitherintentionaloraccidentaldischargeofthis
firearm,orfromitsfunctionwhenusedforpurposesorsubjected
totreatmentforwhichitwasnotdesigned.AmericanArmsInterna-
tional,Inc.willnothonorclaimsinvolvingthisfirearmwhichresult
fromcarelessnessorimproperhandliog,unauthorizedadjustment
orpartsreplacement,modificationofanytype,corrosion,neglect,...

CHAPTER1
Section1:General
TheAmerican180SubmachineGunis
anaircooled,blow-backoperated,
magazinefedweaponweighingapprox-
imately7.40poundswithaloaded
177-round.capacitydrummagazine.
Theexteriorsurfaceoftherearportion
ofthebarrelcontainsaseriesofannu-
larflangeswhichservetodissipate
heatandcoolthebarrelduringfiring.
Thehandofthefirerisprotectedon
theundersideofthebarrelbyahigh-
impactplasticforegrip:Areargripis
alsoprovided.Slingswivelsareatt-
achedtothebarrelandtherearofthe...

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3.GUIDESTOFOLLOWINDiS-
ASSEMBLYANDASSEMBLY.
Theseguidesshouldbefollowed
whendisassemblingandassem-
blingtheAmerican180:
a.Followthestep-by-stepex-
planation.
b.Donotattempttodisassemble
orassembletheweaponagain-
sttime.
c.Ifitisnecessarytoapplyforce,
doitcarefullysothatnoneof
thepartsaredamaged.
d.Astheweaponisdisassembl-
ed,lineupthepartsinthe
orderoftheirremoval.This
procedurehelpsinassembly
oftheweapon,whichisdone
inreverseorderofdisassembly.
4.PROCEDUREFORDIS-
ASSEMBLY.
a.Beforedisassemblingthe...

Figure3
ontopofthestocknearendof
receiverwithyourthumb,and
simultaneouslypullingoffthe
stock(figure3).
c.Removalofbarrelisdoneby
looseningbarrellockingscrew,
andremovingthebarrelby
pressingbarrelclipanddraw-
ingbarrelawayfromthere-
ceiver.
d.Removefeedblockbyplacing
thumbandforefingeroneither
sideofthefeedblockandpul-
lingupawayfromreceiver
(figure4).
e.Removalofcoverisdoneby
firmlyholdingthereceiverwith
onehand.Withtheheelofthe
otherhand,gentlytapforward
ontherearofthecover.Liftup
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Figure5
ontherearofthecoverwhile
movingslightlyforward(fig-
ure5).
f.Removethecoverretaining
pinfromeithersideofthe
receiver(figure6).
g.Removetheboltbydrawing
backthebolthandlefarenough
togetonefingeronthefaceof
thebolt;bypullingbackand
upwiththisfingertheboltwill
leavethereceiver(figure7).
h.Removalofthetriggerhous-
ing:depressthestoppinby
insertingasteelpunchintothe
holeandpressing(figure8).
Simultaneously,thetrigger
housinghastobedrawnback
andthesearpositionedwith
theforefingersothatitdoes...