Olympic arms

[tote4570]

I am purchasing an Olympic arms carbine. It has forward assist and a dust cover like I wanted. It is a flat top upper receiver. I would like to hear personal reviews of other owners on how well this brand performs. I plan on using it for the range and maybe for hunting.
I know this is no $2k AR but at $729 shipped I went ahead and got it.
Any negative reviews should be first hand only please.

 

[SpentCasing]

Here's a collection of first hand experiences from Arfcom assembled by a mod (Aimless). Generally better to research first and then buy, but here goes.

http://minuteofdesk.blogspot.com/2010/03/posts-on-ar15com-regarding-olympic-arms.html

If its not too late Id look into Palmetto State Armory. Much, much better rifles exactly in your budget.

 

[gotigers]

I would would look at other manufacturers. To many bad stories of olympic.

 

[Fishbed77]

In the same price range, one could buy a very nice near-mil-spec carbine from Palmetto State Armory or Spikes.
For example, PSA has this for sale now. If you take into account the $400 optic, you're looking at a carbine for $600 that is much better than an Olympic:

http://palmettostatearmory.com/inde...m4-premium-patrol-carbine-package/category/6/

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[mtrmn]

Don't own one myself, but had some experience with one my buddy has. It has several thousand rds downrange with no problems that couldn't be traced to cheap ammo or a faulty mag. I think the average AR owner will be pleased with the Olys of today. If you happen to be LE or something I'd go with something else, but for my purposes I'd buy Oly in a second. I think their bad rep stems from problems in their early days.

 

[adelbridge]

I had one in the late 90's and it ran great. My buddy got a plinker in 2003 and the lower came apart at buffer threads and they replaced it without fuss.

 

[jogar80]

I have the cheaper "plinker" model that I bought years ago. I also have a Colt LE6920. Love the Colt, because it's a Colt, but beyond that I don't see any real difference. The Oly sees a lot more abuse, since it was cheaper. It has many thousands of rounds through it, including many long bouts of bump-firing for fun. Never had a single problem of any sort with it.

 

[Jackal]

Oly's are the SKS of the AR world, lolz.

 

[Lloyd Smale]

I had a couple older ones they were junk. I heard the new ones were better guns. I had the oportunity last fall to shoot a 2o in heavy barreled new gun and it ran flawlusly and shot 3/4 inch groups with factory ammo. I was impressed.

 

[Fishbed77]

Oly's are the SKS of the AR world, lolz.

Except SKS rifles are known to be reliable and generally well-made.

 

[robMaine]

Most of the bad reviews you see are of the older cast lowers. I have an oly lower on a custom build and I am happy with it.

 

[nastynatesfish]

I have an oly K8 and love it. Gets shot 3-1 to my bushmaster. I also just sold a oly 243wssm that I loved just didn't need. I wouldn't hesstate to buy another

 

[bannockburn]

No problems with an older Oly lower that I picked up many years ago. A buddy of mine has one of the low priced carbines that they made right before the AWB. Thousands of rounds down range and the only problems with it could be traced directly to poorly manufactured ammo.

 

[Jackal]

Oly's may work ok, but with PSA in the same price point, there's not even a second thought. No point in buying low end AR's when good quality is the SAME price.

 

[TexasPatriot.308]

in the AR world....Olympic Arms....bottome of the ladder, not bad, but damn sure not the best.

 

[EAJ]

I have an Oly K16 that I purchased about 6 years ago. With the exception of a small cosmetic issue I haven't experienced any issues with it.

 

[tote4570]

It seems as though the majority of problems came from super increased production of rifles right before the ban wet into effect, and right before it expired.

It seems that warranty is better and qc is also better now. I jumped on this because it was available and not jacked up in price.

Unfortunately people around here have things like 80% lowers for $195, so I took what I could get.

I will post an honest range report agent I get the rifle hopefully at the end of the week. Thanks for the opinions.

 

[VegasAR15]

I had a K3B, just a basic one, but there their super cheap plinker. I never had any issues with it, in fact it ate ammo my nicer S&W M&P15T REFUSED to. I sold it during the height of the Great Gun Crisis of 2013, because I wasn't that attached to it. Replaced it with an Armalite a month later for $1250 less than I sold the Olympic for.