Olympic Arms lower

[Slasher]

Hey everyone,

I have the chance to possibly get an Olympic Arms lower for $50. I have not heard great things about them but do want to get either an AK or AR rifle. What is everyone's opinion on the Olympic Arms stuff? I don't have a model number yet but I think they are relatively new. Would it be worth $50 to build it up and later replace the lower with something else or is that even possible. If you can not tell I am very new to the AR builds.

The reason it is so cheap is it is from a buddy that got a copule of them and just wanted to get rid of them.

thanks

[Rightwinger]

If this is your first, find someone that has built an AR before to check it out. Oly is known to have had issues in quality that caused little things like your take down pin holes not to line up good! I think I would go ahead and save another 50 to 100 and get a good one like RRA, Tactical Innovations, Sabre, etc. All can be gotten locally right now and are trending downward in price since the spike is over! Spikes is another good lower but some of the vendors here can chime in on how they gouged them during the rush.

[Guest Traumaslave]

I have an Olympic AR that my Dad built back in the ban days. Never had problem 1 with it. For $50 I'll take it if you don't want it.

[creeky]

I have an OLY lower. My rifle was built before the AWB a long time ago ($35 bucks back then.) Only issue I have is it won't drop an empty mag, I have to pull it out. It will drop a full one. Steel empty Colt 30's will drop though.

Other than that, it's given no problems and fits snug to the upper.

Be that as it may, I still have thought of replacing the lower or just building another as a SBR and keeping my old one as a beater.

[Guest TUNER260]

I have an olypmic arms ar i traded for last year and have never had any problems with it.

YouTube - Testing my Oly

This is not me by the way. It just helped me decide on the trade.

Edited July 17, 2009 by TUNER260

[Electric B]

That was cool. Thanks for sharing.

[Guest gcrookston]

I know several people that have owned them without complaint. I used to see them all the time when I lived in Seattle 20 years ago, but I was a Colt Snob back then (if it was built after 1966 it was a reproduction). All the bad things I've heard about them were 2nd or 3rd hand. No first hand reports. Of course, anything you read on the internet must be true, right?

Depending on the age of the receiver, it could have been made by Olympic, SGW, Tromix, Palmetto, Dalphon, Frankford or even Century.

Edited July 18, 2009 by gcrookston