Olympic Arms Ar 15?

mcneely77

Are the Olypics any good? I am thinking of an Ar 15 in .223. I have been looking at the Ak's but am leaning towards the Ar's. I really can't spend $1000 or more right now, so I was looking at the Olympics. I would appreciate any advice. Ar or Ak? Olympic Arms or maybe the Hesse's (spelling?). Thanks.

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Josey1

Rock River Arms make EXCELLENT post ban AR-type rifles and they are not too expensive.They have a real nice Tactical Carbine which is a 16" upper in M-4 configuration but the post ban lower has a cut down version of the A2 stock which looks MUCH better than those rediculous fake collapsable stocks.

http://www.rockriverarms.com/m4_entry_tactical.htm



"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878

offeror

Josey -
Now you've gone and done it. I like these TOO well. Yes, Olympic makes good guns too, in answer to the question -- but I do like these post-ban tactical carbines by RR. Thanks for the tip. For new guys on the block, they seem to have the right idea.

- Life NRA Member
"If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878

Lowrider

I own an Olympic AR-15 type rifle and I like it fine. Well-built, accurate and functions perfectly.

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grizzclaw

My Oly's great! You can get them anyway you want, and they are low priced. I've seen the plinker for $599. I gave $640 for mine out the door, a2 sights and a 16in heavy barrel. I'm in the process of building one with a 24in barrel. If you get a chance, check out their web-site.

Thanks, Grizztribefans@sssnet.com

idsman75

The only think I don't like about the pre-ban Oly's is the telescopic stock. I think it's great that it is a 4-position stock but that darn plastic material it is made of feels so stinking cheap.

Lowrider

My Olympic is a pre-ban (serial number dates it to June of '94) but it has the conventional fixed stock. Did most of them come with the tele-stock? I bought mine used, but barely used. It also has the match grade barrel. Very accurate.

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dads-freehold

greetings, maybe i'm just an anacronism, but for simplisity, reliabity and just for rugged abuse get an ak. norinco or maadii make excellent semi copies of the real deal. with the str. stock or folder theymake an intemidating if ulgy weapon. and ar owners don't try this at home or any where for that matter, on a camping trip in central fla. five of us got the jeep buried in one of numerous swamps.guess what we used for a shovle it wasnt the remington, ar15, or the 300 mag. kalashnikov knew what he was doing. respt. submitted dads-freehold a fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi

rodney colson

dads-freehold

greetings, maybe i'm just an anacronism, but for simplisity, reliabity and just for rugged abuse get an ak. norinco or maadii make excellent semi copies of the real deal. with the str. stock or folder theymake an intemidating if ulgy weapon. and ar owners don't try this at home or any where for that matter, on a camping trip in central fla. five of us got the jeep buried in one of numerous swamps.guess what we used for a shovle it wasnt the remington, ar15, or the 300 mag. kalashnikov knew what he was doing. respt. submitted dads-freehold a fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi

rodney colson