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    Olympic Arms are the worst mainstream AR ever made. Ditch it yesterday.

    I have a collection of CLASSIC olympic arms horror stories I've gathered over the years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Airhasz View Post
    Are you having the problem with steel cases or brass cases?
    Steel cases are known to stick in some chambers since they have a corrosion resistant coating on them I believe. If shooting steel cases switch to brass and see if problem disappears.
    The steel cases stick because the case does not expand to fit the chamber as readily as brass. By not doing so, carbon from the bore leaks into the chamber and begins to "glue" the case to the chamber.

    You can see this by firing a ton of steel case ammo through the rifle followed by brass case. The brass will have splotches or vertical streaks of carbon on the outside of the case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    Olympic Arms are the worst mainstream AR ever made. Ditch it yesterday.

    I have a collection of CLASSIC olympic arms horror stories I've gathered over the years.
    Worse than Windham?
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    Oly is catching

    Quote Originally Posted by Wake27 View Post
    Worse than Windham?
    What makes you think Windham is as bad as olys?

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    [QUOTE=foxtrotx1;1703733]The steel cases stick because the case does not expand to fit the chamber as readily as brass. By not doing so, carbon from the bore leaks into the chamber and begins to "glue" the case to the chamber.



    Interesting, so does that mean the coating on the steel case does not act as a glue like I have read many times?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wake27 View Post
    Worse than Windham?
    10 times worse than Windam. I mean... windam will not follow the TDP very closely... but for the most part the guns resemble an AR.

    Oly is a joke. I should post some of the more hillarious issues I've saved over the years.
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    Re: Oly is catching

    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    Oly is a joke. I should post some of the more hillarious issues I've saved over the years.
    I'm up for a good chuckle...

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    This one is my favorite story... from an ARfcom guy...

    Originally Posted By M4:
    I used to live in Olympia WA...and after calling Oly Arms, drove out to check out their facility.

    When I got there, a few things became rather clear.

    1) Their "factory" looked like the set of Sanford & Son. (Absolutely NOT kidding)

    2) Despite being told "Sure, come on down!" on the phone, when I got there, I was dealt with like I was Diane Feinstein by EVERYONE. One guy was pleasant and answered my questions...so not a total disaster, but the rest were pricks in general.

    3) There was nothing and I mean NOTHING about their "facility" that looked suitable for manufacturing dog toys, let alone firearms.

    If you never get a 2nd chance to make 1st impressions, Oly lost me COMPLETELY with that one.

    As to their rifles being hit or miss, I never owned one, but have known several people who have. It's about a 50/50 mix of "Mine works great" to "Total piece of shit".

    That ratio is NOWHERE near good enough for me and combined with a 1st person view of the source of their rifles, that was more than enough to never look back.

    There was a rather protracted issue with Oly and ARFCOM a few years ago. Can't remember the details but I do remember that they created a forum of their own and used it as a spring board to bash either ARFCOM/the Avilas/other AR makers....can't recall the details but it was HIGHLY unprofessional on their part....and Tom Spitballer, Spithaller...something like that, who owns/represents OlyArms was a douche of the highest order.

    Oly (and Hesse)are the Yugo of the AR world IMO.
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    If this is an issue of wear (as I mentioned above) they aren't going to replace anything.

    If the chamber is tight then they are going to replace it with another shitty barrel.

    For the record I worked with a guy in Iraq who worked there for years and have finally acknowledged that they are the bottom off the barrel.

    For the OP. I would personally ditch the Oly crap, but I won't say that because of the feelings that will be hurt by making that suggestion.

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    You could keep wasting money on parts and listen to the people here complain about Olympic OR just send it back to them free of charge for repairs. Good thing about the industry it doesn't matter what brand you buytthey all will fix any problems.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrubber3 View Post
    What makes you think Windham is as bad as olys?
    I thought I read that somewhere around here. I guess either I was wrong, or whoever posted it was. Just wondering.
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