{"id":82165,"date":"2023-08-23T02:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=82165"},"modified":"2023-08-22T07:41:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T11:41:13","slug":"slovenian-sar80-sterling-out-simplifies-the-ar-180","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/08\/23\/slovenian-sar80-sterling-out-simplifies-the-ar-180\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovenian SAR80: Sterling Out-Simplifies the AR-180"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CQOpP1AI4qY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 15 May 2023<\/p>\n<p>The British Sterling firm designed the SAR-80 (specifically, their engineer Frank Waters) as a very simple rifle to sell to countries outside the main NATO\/Warsaw Pact spheres of influence. Sterling ended up getting a license to produce the AR-18 though, and didn&#8217;t put Waters&#8217; design into production. <\/p>\n<p>When the newly formed Chartered Industries of Singapore came looking for a rifle to produce, the SAR-80 design was a chance for Sterling to sell a production license. CIS needed something to produce domestically to equip the Singaporean Army, and the SAR-80 met their needs. After selling the rifles to their own Army, the company went looking for export clients. They found a few, including Croatia, the Central African Republic, and Slovenia. A total of about 80,000 SAR-80 rifles were made, and this is one of the Slovenian-contract examples.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Polenar Tactical for the opportunity to film this neat piece!<\/p>\n<p>Other relevant videos&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>SAR-80 at Lynx Brutality 2022:<br \/>\n   \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lHanYC0w92E\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloke and Chap at&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n   \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A6EI_n5l4oQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DAY 2: Bloke and &#8230;<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>SAR-80 vs AR-18 Patents:<br \/>\n   \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zyMyAAVjxwE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">So many AR-18 der&#8230;<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnpBeTFXMk1CMUplbndXR0pHWWNROTU4Ty1ad3xBQ3Jtc0trcF84aDZheWJSNU5oQ1RiRGJGN2MzdDBXNENOM2tOZHFvVWNqYkxBZ25sNUZFZ1BVeFhiN1FqdDE0UHBJMmN2OS1nT1dONWV0anNSM21QXy02U0d0NGhCb1NlRFdIU0Z5NWs0V0hGbXRGZmFYajFSbw&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.floatplane.com%2Fchannel%2FForgottenWeapons&#038;v=CQOpP1AI4qY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/For&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\n6281 N. 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