What a neat little fully automatic rifle manufactured by the American Arms International Company. These were originally designed in the late 1970s as a semi-automatic version with the fully automatic models being introduced in the early 1980s. The underside of the receiver is stamped: "AMERICAN ARMS INTL. S.L. C. UT./AMERICAN 180 M-2". They were designed to look like a Thompson SMG but used a drum magazine mounted horizontally on top of the action some what like a Lewis or Russian DP-38 machine gun. The drum magazine holds 177 rounds of the very popular and easy to obtain 22 LR ammunition. These handy little rifles can fire in either semi-automatic or full-auto (from an open bolt). It has a finned barrel like the 1921/28 Thompson SMGs to aid in cooling. They have a cyclic rate of 1200 rpm which could be quite devastating even for the 22LR. It has a side mounted cocking handle, a fixed blade front sight and an adjustable rear sight patterned from the M1 Carbines. Currently it is also fitted with a Daisy Electronic Point Sight. They were very unique at the time and still are today. They have a high impact brown plastic buttstock and forend with a blue/black metal finish.

Excellent with 95% of its original combination black anodized and painted receiver showing only minor edge and high spot wear with signs of light firing. The wood components are all in very fine condition with a nice light brown matching color with some minor handling marks on the sides. NOTE: This weapon is a National Firearms Act (NFA), fully transferable Class 3, which is registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, (BATFE) under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44 and 27 CFR part 478.