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SectionII:HowtheAmerican180
S.M.G.Functions
a.Bydisassemblingandassem-
blingtheAmerican180you
shouldbecomefamiliarwith
theparts.Thenextstepisto
learnhowthesepartsfunc-
tion.Iftheuserunderstands
howtheAmerican180works,
hewillbeabletokeepitin
operatingconditionandre-
duceanystoppageswhich
mightoccurduringfiring.This
knowledgewillgivetheuser
confidenceinhisweapon.
b.Eachtimeacartridgeisfired,
thepartsinsidetheAmerican
180functioninagivenorder.
Thisisknownasthecycleof
operation.
1.GENERAL. 

c.Thecycleofoperationofsmall
armsisbrokendownintoeight
basicsteps.However,inthe
American180,twoofthese
steps-lockingandunlock-
ing-donotoccur.Thesix
basicstepsofthecycleof
operationoftheAmerican180
arelistedbelowintheproper
sequence,althoughmorethan
onestepmaybeoccurringat
thesametime.
(1)Feeding-theplacingofa
cartridgeinthefeedblock,
infrontofthebolt,soit
canbechambered.This
actiontakesplaceinthe
magazinegenerally,but
canbeaccomplished
manually.
(2)Chambering-movingthe
cartridgeforwarduntilitis...

moveforward.Atthesame
timeundertheactionofthe
searspring,thesearismoved
backintopositiontoengage
theboltandholdittotherear
untilpressureisreleasedfrom
thetrigger.
4.FEEDING.
a.Whenaloadedmagazineis
placedontheweapon,the
magazinecatchholdsthemag-
azineinposition.Thebottom
cartridgeisheldbythefeed
pawsofthefeedblockthrough
--
theactionofthemagazine
springandfollower.Whenthe
boltmovesforward,itremoves
theroundfromthefeedblock.
b.Whentheboltmovestothe
rearandclearsthefeedblock,
thenextcartridgeisplacedin...

SectionIII:Operations
1.GENERAL.Beforefiringthe
American180,thefirermustknow
howtofillthemagazine;must
knowhowtoload,fire,andunload
theweapon;andmustobserve
safetyprecautions.Thesepoints
arecoveredinthissection.
2.TOFILLMAGAZINE.
CAUTION:Beforeattemptingto
fillthemagazine,allspringten-
sionshouldbereleasedfromthe
magazinewindermechanism,or,
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ifthemagazineispartiallyfilled,
themagazinewindingbrake
shouldbeengaged.
a.Pressyourthumbsuponthe
clipsofthemagazinewinding
deviceandcatchitwithyour...

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c.Laythefirstcartridgeinthe
slotonthebaseofthemaga-
zine(figure13).Pressthelock
ofthemagazineandslowly
rotatethemagazinebase.The
cartridgewillgointothemag-
azinewithoutforceofanykind.
Repeatthisprocessfor59
rounds.
d.Afterhavingloaded59rounds,
youhavetoturntheloading
slotoverthefullchamber.
(Thenyouwillfeelaresist-
ance,calledstepresistance.)
TheloadingslotwiIIopenonce
againwithanemptycham-
ber,andrepeatthewholepro-
cess.Loadingthesecondand
thethirdlayersisperformed
justlikethefirstone....

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CAUTION:Ifmagazineisonly
partiallyfilled,donotwindcom-
p/etely.Windonly1V.turnsfor
each(59rounds)layer.
SectionIV:Malfunction,Stoppages
andImmediateAction
1.GENERAL.
a.Inordertoremoveapartialor
fullmagazine,themagazine
windingdevicestoplevermust
beplacedinthepositionmark-
edF(outsideawayfrom
center).
b.Pullbackonmagazineclip
andliftoffmagazine.Inspect.
thechamber(lookandfeel).
a.Amalfunctionisafailureof
theweapontofunctionsat-
isfactoriIy.
b.Astoppageisanyunintentional
interruptioninthecycleof...

Stoppage
Failure
toFeed
Failureto
Chamber
Failure
toFire
Failure
toExtract
Failure
toEject
Failure
toCock
CAUSEOFSTOPPAGES
Cause
Dirtyordentedmagazine
Weakorbrokenmagazinespring
Deformedammunition
Wornorbrokenmagazinecatch
Dirtychamber
Obstructioninchamber
Weakdrivespring
Defectiveammunition
Defectivefiringpin
Weakdrivingspring
Brokenextractor
Notlikelytooccur
Wornsear
Wornsearnotch
Bentguiderod
Dirtbehindcockingknob
HowtoReduce
Replacemagazine
Replacemagazine
Replaceammunition
Replacecatch...

firingtheboltdoesnot
movetotherearfarenough
toclearthecartridgein
thefeedblock,thewea-
ponhasfailedtocock.
b.Commonstoppages-thetwo
mostcommonstoppagesare:
(1)FailuretoFeed-usually
causedbydirtymagazine,
orfromamagazinewhich
isnotwoundproperly,or
fromadamagedmagazine.
(2)FailuretoFire-usually
causedbydefec1ive
ammunition.
a.Causeofstoppages-thechart
ontheprecedingpagelists
commoncausesofvarious
stoppages.
d.Preventionofstoppages-
periodicinspectionandproper
careandcleaningwillreduce...