Reviews on a Olympic Arms AR???

[Vicarious_Lee]

Coming from a manufacturer.... I read the first page and laughed. A huge majority of the remarks were so far off I wish that all gun owners had to take an armorers coarse.

Well, I've taken an armorers smooth before, does that count?

Seriously, do you think Dave Merril or any of the large number of experts on this board are a bunch of COD playing teenagers in their basements?

Olys don't come anywhere even close to passing muster, to the point that their repuation is probably unsalvageable no matter what they changed, but one thing's for sure: Starting crap on ZS with the resident firearms experts isn't going to change anything about Olympic's reputation. It'll just solidify it more.

Also, the idiot lubing his guns with WD-40 was one of the virtually ZERO people in this thread trying to defend Olympic arms. If you had actually read the thread, the people that know what they're talking about decried him for using that as a lube. Those people, to a man, are also the ones saying that Olympic is shit.

[sorcerror]

did not say that...said the comments from the un-knowledgable people was laughable. and they would agree with me on the wd-40 comment. since I had actual experience with the company and their product I was giving my experience. and iphone was the reason for the misspell. got to love auto correct. thought it was funny though

[Blacksmith]

Years later OA still feels the love.....

[sorcerror]

to the above: hahahaha! funy as H#!!.

check out the Olympic arms owners forum. there are currently 3401 members and they might have better information since they own them. just saying. but if you want 100% reliability get a control feed bolt action. thank you Mauser!

[dwingerjr1]

I have owned an Olympic K3B AR15 for over 6 years and have had zero issues with it. I have shot various types of ammo through it and it ate it all like candy. I shot 9,000 rounds through the first barrel before it began to keyhole the targets. I just installed the new barrel and with less than 6 shots, had it back to dime size groups at 50 yrds. So either I bought one of the good ones and got lucky, or everyone else has just bought a bad one. The one time it jammed, I had shot over 500 rounds at the range that day. The casing got stuck in the barrel. I popped it out, cleaned it up real good and was back to rockin n rollin the next day. To each their own on which AR maker is the best, but i feel my money was well spent on the K3B.

[Czechnology]

3. nornico

It only malfunctions 2 to 5 times per 30 round magazine.So the Oly is not all bad.

I know I'm late to this party, but

[0122358]

I have owned an Olympic K3B AR15 for over 6 years and have had zero issues with it. I have shot various types of ammo through it and it ate it all like candy. I shot 9,000 rounds through the first barrel before it began to keyhole the targets. I just installed the new barrel and with less than 6 shots, had it back to dime size groups at 50 yrds. So either I bought one of the good ones and got lucky, or everyone else has just bought a bad one. The one time it jammed, I had shot over 500 rounds at the range that day. The casing got stuck in the barrel. I popped it out, cleaned it up real good and was back to rockin n rollin the next day. To each their own on which AR maker is the best, but i feel my money was well spent on the K3B.

i must of got a lemon...or mine isnt lubed enough...or bad mags

[dwingerjr1]

I use CLP on it and all my weapons since the day I have bought them. I have used the two factory mags and have 18 after market ones I have bought at gun shows and used with no issues. I clean my weapons after each and every use, no matter how many rounds go through them. One thing the Navy instilled in me I guess. I know some out there say one doesn't have to clean their weapons that much, but I am never willing to bet my life or the lives of my loved ones on a dirty weapon. I feel the better you know your weapon, the better off you are. Thats my .02 worth

[Czechnology]

To each their own on which AR maker is the best, but i feel my money was well spent on the K3B.

Nope, sorry. Observable statistical data is not "To each their own".

So either I bought one of the good ones and got lucky, or everyone else has just bought a bad one.

Yep. Century Arms is the same way. I'm happy you got a quality rifle, but there's a reason everyone is steering people away from Olympic, and that reason is that for the same, or in many cases LESS money, you can buy/build something which WILL be a high quality rifle from the start, without that "Did I get a good one?" worry.

Back when quality AR's were well over $1,000, there was a market for Bushmasters, Olympic, DPMS, etc. Now? When people like Palmetto are making Milspec rifles with FN barrels for $750? Why the fuck would you buy one? Seriously?

[dwingerjr1]

Can you please expand on the "Nope, sorry. Observable statistical data is not "To each their own".". All I am saying is that each person has their own preference on weapon makers. I have never had a problem with my Olympic AR and am very happy with it.

[Brock Meatstone]

I'm pretty sure he means a sample of one rifle (yours), against voluminous amounts of documented data showing Olympic Arms AR's are sub-par, is not scientifically valid. In other words: Your Oly Arms rifle is not everyone's, and everyone's sucks except yours; based off of actual hard data.

[nimdabew]

3. nornico

It only malfunctions 2 to 5 times per 30 round magazine.So the Oly is not all bad.

I know I'm late to this party, but

No kidding. I think I have maybe 5 malfunctions total with over 10k rounds through BCM and rifles I built myself from quality components.

[Czechnology]

I'm pretty sure he means a sample of one rifle (yours), against voluminous amounts of documented data showing Olympic Arms AR's are sub-par, is not scientifically valid. In other words: Your Oly Arms rifle is not everyone's, and everyone's sucks except yours; based off of actual hard data.

What he said. I'm not trying to be a dick, I just wanted to clarify opinion from observable trend.

[Mauserfreak27]

Of course it isn't common, but a Wisconsin guy got the ATF to lock him up for 30 months becuase of an Oly Ar-15.
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=90583

I have been afraid of them ever since.

I've shot an Oly AR that does this. I had thought the guy at the range w/it was just quick on the trigger at first. We swapped guns for a magazine and to my suprise every 5 or 6 shots it would cook off another one or two. Traded it back and minded my business. Was a few years ago, If I remember correct it was an AWB era A-1 clone.

[Lucas_061287]

to the above: hahahaha! funy as H#!!.

check out the Olympic arms owners forum. there are currently 3401 members and they might have better information since they own them. just saying. but if you want 100% reliability get a control feed bolt action. thank you Mauser!

Why? So we can see 3,399 disgruntled members bitch about their piece-o-crap rifles while you and this other guy praise them?

[0122358]

ok so do dpms and bushmaster owners bitch as much about thier lower tier rifles?

[Czechnology]

ok so do dpms and bushmaster owners bitch as much about thier lower tier rifles?

I certainly would if I paid as much or more more for their lower tier hobby rifles than I could for a milspec rifle with an FN barrel.

Here's the thing: I don't expect to be in combat anytime soon, but for a second ignore that we're talking about rifles. Why in the hell would you pay the same money for an inferior product? If you can give me a good reason to spend $100 on a BMX bike when I can get a Kawasaki for the same $100 bill, I'll consider an Oly/DPMS/Bushy/etc. Until then, you're just ignoring the reality of the situation because of some pre-conceived notion, or plain old recalcitrance because you hate being wrong.

[0122358]

ok so do dpms and bushmaster owners bitch as much about thier lower tier rifles?

I certainly would if I paid as much or more more for their lower tier hobby rifles than I could for a milspec rifle with an FN barrel.

Here's the thing: I don't expect to be in combat anytime soon, but for a second ignore that we're talking about rifles. Why in the hell would you pay the same money for an inferior product? If you can give me a good reason to spend $100 on a BMX bike when I can get a Kawasaki for the same $100 bill, I'll consider an Oly/DPMS/Bushy/etc. Until then, you're just ignoring the reality of the situation because of some pre-conceived notion, or plain old recalcitrance because you hate being wrong.

I like my oly, it shoots as well as i need it too...that being said, bought it during the panic of 08-10' and wanted to get somthing now. It was just before PSA and BCM started getting big so i did not know that i could of built an ar that was ten times better...if i had to do it over again, would i make the same chioce? hell no!

BUT for the time being its what i have to work with so im going to make it work for me. 700 bucks and ill have my PSA kit, until then, 25 bucks for an o-ring and H-buffer and ill be fine till then

[elricfate]

ok so do dpms and bushmaster owners bitch as much about thier lower tier rifles?

Listen. I had an overpriced DPMS that I bought for $750 way back before the 2008 scare. It did what I wanted it to do. Punched paper. It didn't malfunction, it didn't blow up.

But I wouldn't have called it quality. And I damn sure knew I spent more than it was worth on it.

Now I have one that I've built, that I've put MAYBE $650 into, post-scare, and it's reliable. I can feed it anything, and can abuse the fuck out of it and know it will function.

There's the difference between Olympic Arms/Hesse/DPMS/Any one else. My shit is all in spec and works every time.

[Czechnology]

ok so do dpms and bushmaster owners bitch as much about thier lower tier rifles?

I certainly would if I paid as much or more more for their lower tier hobby rifles than I could for a milspec rifle with an FN barrel.

Here's the thing: I don't expect to be in combat anytime soon, but for a second ignore that we're talking about rifles. Why in the hell would you pay the same money for an inferior product? If you can give me a good reason to spend $100 on a BMX bike when I can get a Kawasaki for the same $100 bill, I'll consider an Oly/DPMS/Bushy/etc. Until then, you're just ignoring the reality of the situation because of some pre-conceived notion, or plain old recalcitrance because you hate being wrong.

I like my oly, it shoots as well as i need it too...that being said, bought it during the panic of 08-10' and wanted to get somthing now. It was just before PSA and BCM started getting big so i did not know that i could of built an ar that was ten times better...if i had to do it over again, would i make the same chioce? hell no!

BUT for the time being its what i have to work with so im going to make it work for me. 700 bucks and ill have my PSA kit, until then, 25 bucks for an o-ring and H-buffer and ill be fine till then

I should clarify that NOW that is an option. There certainly was a day not that long ago where quality ARs were rare under a grand.

[0122358]

ok so do dpms and bushmaster owners bitch as much about thier lower tier rifles?

I certainly would if I paid as much or more more for their lower tier hobby rifles than I could for a milspec rifle with an FN barrel.

Here's the thing: I don't expect to be in combat anytime soon, but for a second ignore that we're talking about rifles. Why in the hell would you pay the same money for an inferior product? If you can give me a good reason to spend $100 on a BMX bike when I can get a Kawasaki for the same $100 bill, I'll consider an Oly/DPMS/Bushy/etc. Until then, you're just ignoring the reality of the situation because of some pre-conceived notion, or plain old recalcitrance because you hate being wrong.

I like my oly, it shoots as well as i need it too...that being said, bought it during the panic of 08-10' and wanted to get somthing now. It was just before PSA and BCM started getting big so i did not know that i could of built an ar that was ten times better...if i had to do it over again, would i make the same chioce? hell no!

BUT for the time being its what i have to work with so im going to make it work for me. 700 bucks and ill have my PSA kit, until then, 25 bucks for an o-ring and H-buffer and ill be fine till then

I should clarify that NOW that is an option. There certainly was a day not that long ago where quality ARs were rare under a grand.

Thats my point, just two, three years ago when i started looking for ARs, i only had 800 bucks saved up that i had mowed lawns, saved allowance and xmas money for a year prior. I had just tunred 18 and a lot of the ARs were about a grand with DPMS and bushys being about 850. At a gunshow i saw olympic arms for 750 out the door and thought "ok, theyre local, and they seem to be in shape" so i bought one.

It was the first rifle i ever bought myself. I didnt do any research, i did not know about the chart, i just knew i had an AR15. All the guys at the show told me steel cased was bad for the gun, so when it choked on it...i didnt think any of it, i thought it was just the norm.

I guess im trying to defend it becuase it was my first rifle, i know its sub par...but it works for what i need it for right now. Would i fight with it? only if its the only thing i had becuase i know it will run brass like a kid eats candy.

Besides im saving up for a new one for cheaper...so ill have both a range gun and fighting carbine

[nimdabew]

I guess im trying to defend it becuase it was my first rifle, i know its sub par...but it works for what i need it for right now. Would i fight with it? only if its the only thing i had becuase i know it will run brass like a kid eats candy.

Click me

[0122358]

I guess im trying to defend it becuase it was my first rifle, i know its sub par...but it works for what i need it for right now. Would i fight with it? only if its the only thing i had becuase i know it will run brass like a kid eats candy.

Click me

awh...that takes me back to last quarter in my social psych class...thanks for the memories..and yeah..i know

[Matthew Courtney]

Some real funny stuff here. Especially consdering what the guys guarding the strategic petroleum reserve in Hackberry, the Northrup Gruman facility at Chenault, and the LNG facility in Cameron, LA are carrying. Each of the three is protected by DOD or DOE contractors who must be rifle qualified annually. Most of them carry DPMS or Bushmaster rifles owned by the security companies that they work for. Many are A-2 configured. The rifles get fired a couple hundred times a year. The contracting companies change from time to time when someone gets outbid, yet I never see a bunch of new rifles. I do not know how the rifles are maintained, but most run through the qualification course with less than 2 malfunctions. When shooters log in at our range, we get make/ model of firearm and responsible party. Perhaps one day when the grass doesn't need cutting I'll flip through the logs and compile some actual numbers on exactly what rifles .gov contractors in SW LA have been qualifying with. I know I've never seen a PSA, BCM, DD or a Noveske, and I don't remember ever seeing a Colt. Of course, we only get the info on the lower, but I do not imagine the low bidders are paying top dollar for gun gear..... They sure as heck ain't paying top dollar for anything else.