thoughts on an OLY Arms 5.45x39 upper

[Magiccarpetrides]

They are supposed to be coming out with this soon and at $0.12 per round for the ammo it looks like a fun prospect. However I have heard that Oly Arms uppers are junk....what are your alls thought?

[LA_357SIG]

My only "concern" would be magazines. Has there been any problems with 5.45x39 out of GI mags? It is just like the 6.8spc issue. I would like to get one but I don't want to buy $30 mags again.

Other than that, go for it while the surplus supply is still good. And Wolf 5.45 prices are good now too.

[Guest jwp]

Oly makes good stuff. I have a .45 upper and it's been no trouble.

[Magiccarpetrides]

Awesome thanks guys....at $119 for 1080rds its really hard to beat.

[Magiccarpetrides]

Alright...one more question....9mm upper at roughly $0.16 per round or the 5.45x39 at $0.12 per round Flip side is I can shoot the 9mm upper at coal creek and not the 5.45

[TripleDigitRide]

Just getting into the AR scene, I don't claim to be very knowledgable on the quality of each brand. What I can tell you is, nearly everyone I have talked to about AR's has made it a point to tell me what garbage Olympic Arms rifles are.

Again, I have no personal expreiences with them, but I have yet to hear anyone talking good about them.

[Magiccarpetrides]

Yes i had heard the same but JWP vouches for their .45 upper and you gotta remember this guy has had about every kind of AR out there.

[Smith]

Between the 5.45 and 9mm, I would go with the 9mm. I think the 5.45 is going to go up either due to AWB or future availability. I could be wrong though.

[Magiccarpetrides]

Decisions decisions...luckily i got more time then money...wait did I say luckily?

[Guest Abominable_Hillbilly]

I'm thinking the same thing. Midway shows the Oly upper being available on the 24th.

I've looked and looked for an AK-pattern in 5.45x39, but they're all crazily over-priced or they look like junk. I'm going to try the AR upper. Mags don't look to be that big an issue.

[Guest jwp]

What I can tell you is, nearly everyone I have talked to about AR's has made it a point to tell me what garbage Olympic Arms rifles are.

Some people 'poo-poo'd' their cast receiver guns several years back, but then again some people will never hold a cast gun on par with a forged gun no matter what, even if they don't understand that 95% of all frames out there are in fact cast.

Their forged components are on par with all others simply because they are one of a handful of makers who are making the lowers, uppers and other components which are being used by other "big name" manufacturers in "their" rifles.

[nightrunner]

might check out S&W they have a 5.45mm upper

[Magiccarpetrides]

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&productId=73942&tabselected=tech&isFirearm=Y&parent_category_rn=

Me thinks this is made by Oly Arms...all the specs are identical.....

[Guest Grout]

S&W is made by Stag Arms.

[Magiccarpetrides]

JWP thanks for having me a lane reserved...got the Ruger as sighted in as possible with my unsteady hands.

[nightrunner]

S&W is made by Stag Arms.

not anymore, all S&W M&P15 rifles are manufactured in-house since sept. 07

[Guest Abominable_Hillbilly]

Midway has backed up the Oly upper to 8/23/08.

[Magiccarpetrides]

Yeah I just noticed that too.

[HanSolo]

I have had an oly for a little over a year and love it. Mine is the normal 223 varmit with a 20" bullbarrel. It is amazingly accurate and I have never had a single issue with it. I would recoomend them.