Me Little Armalite (Provisional IRA ditty. They were quite fond of the rifle they called Widowmaker)
[Chorus]
And it’s down along the Falls Road is where I long to be
Lying in the dark with a provo company
A comrade on me left and another one on me right
A clip of ammunition for me little Armalite
[Verse 1]
I was stopped by a soldier, he said “You are a swine”
He hit me with his rifle and he kicked me in the groin
I begged and i pleaded, all my manners were polite
But all the time I’m thinking of me little Armalite
[Chorus]
And it’s down in the Bogside is where I long to be
Lying in the dark with a provo company
A comrade on me left and another one on me right
A clip of ammunition for me little Armalite
[Verse 2]
Well this brave RUC man came*marching*up our street
Six hundred British soldiers he had lined up at his feet
“Come out you cowardly fenians, come on out and fight”
He cried “I’m only joking” when he heard the Armalite
[Chorus]
And it’s down in Bellaghy is where I long to be
Lying in the dark with a provo company
A comrade on me left and another one on me right
A clip of ammunition for me little Armalite
[Verse 3]
Well the army came to visit me, it was in the early hours
With Saracens and Saladins and Ferret armoured cars
They thought they had me cornered, but I gave them all a fright
With the armour piercing bullets of me little Armalite
[Chorus]
And it’s down in the New Lodge is where I long to be
Lying in the dark with a provo company
A comrade on me left and another one on me right
A clip of ammunition for me little Armalite
[Verse 4]
Well when Pryor came to Belfast to see the battles won
The generals they had told him “We’ve got them on the run”
But corporals and privates while on patrol at night
Say “Remember Narrow Water and the bloody Armalite”
[Chorus]
And it’s down in Crossmaglen is where I long to be
Lying in the dark with a provo company
A comrade on me left and another one on me right
A clip of ammunition for me little Armalite
Arthur Miller modified the M-16 magazine and says that his design is quicker to manufacture and much more cost effective than the magazine in use today. Finding true AR-180 magazines can be difficult and expensive. Thermold offers a synthetic mag that works well but should be listed as having a 29 round capacity. They have the horizontal slot for the AR-180 magazine latch, but otherwise they are AR-15 magazines that use unaltered AR-15 followers. These cause the bolt hold open latch to activate before the last round is loaded, leaving one round in the magazine and the bolt locked back. I load a blaze orange plastic training round in my unaltered magazines and consider the problem solved. It is possible to use a Dremel motor tool to make a few careful trimmings of the magazine to resolve this annoyance.
Awesome info Droshki! Ad says it comes with one 30rd mag with is awesome, I'll have a template to work off of if I decided to try and mod some regular mags, which knowing my insomnia, I'll likely attempt. This will be my first experience with a 180 and I hope a good one. I read a lot about the design and inovation that Stoner put into it and seems like this rifle could have really taken off given the right circumstances