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    DAFUQ of the day: Can you identify this gas system?

    Saw this in my local classified ads today- aside from being a sight of terribleness to behold, I can't make sense of it-

    http://www.bismanonline.com/belfield...r_a_308_or_a_1

    Is that a piston upper? what is the tube that goes from the FSB to the top of the receiver?

    Buffer tube????? Safety selector moved to different hole?? WTF kind of barrel nut????

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    I'm having trouble viewing the link.

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    A picture in most cases is worth a thousand words. In the case, DAFUQ is all I can think of.

    How do you charge it (no handle)? Too bad there is only one angle to view it at. They'd have to pay me to take that gun.

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    I think that's an Olympic Arms model that was sold briefly in the mid-90s. Back in the 90's Olympic Arms was one of 4-5 companies selling AR15 derivatives on the commercial market, and was probably the most creative in trying to get around the terms of the federal AWB. The swiss cheese appearance is to get the weight under 50oz because that was one of the alternative prohibited features under the pistol classification for the federal 94 "assault weapons ban." IOW, I think this is a factory pistol in original (or near original) configuration. I think it was called an OA-95 or something like that. From memory, the pre-ban pistol was the OA-93.

    Gas system length is probably shorter than standard pistol.

    The larger and straight tube above the barrel - it looks to be about 1/2" diameter - would be for the recoil spring. These had a modified recoil system, somewhat like a Para FAL, so they didn't need a buffer tube.

    I think the perforated sheet metal around the tube and barrel, which appears to be held in place with a shiny screw, is a user add-on and not part of the original design. Everything else looks original.

    They also made an NFA (AOW) version of the OA-93 during the ban years, which I got to see one time at a dealer. He was happy to tell me it was only a $5 stamp to transfer. I believe the only difference was adding a vertical forward grip.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SomeOtherGuy View Post
    I think that's an Olympic Arms model that was sold briefly in the mid-90s. Back in the 90's Olympic Arms was one of 4-5 companies selling AR15 derivatives on the commercial market, and was probably the most creative in trying to get around the terms of the federal AWB. The swiss cheese appearance is to get the weight under 50oz because that was one of the alternative prohibited features under the pistol classification for the federal 94 "assault weapons ban." IOW, I think this is a factory pistol in original (or near original) configuration. I think it was called an OA-95 or something like that. From memory, the pre-ban pistol was the OA-93.

    Gas system length is probably shorter than standard pistol.

    The larger and straight tube above the barrel - it looks to be about 1/2" diameter - would be for the recoil spring. These had a modified recoil system, somewhat like a Para FAL, so they didn't need a buffer tube.

    I think the perforated sheet metal around the tube and barrel, which appears to be held in place with a shiny screw, is a user add-on and not part of the original design. Everything else looks original.

    They also made an NFA (AOW) version of the OA-93 during the ban years, which I got to see one time at a dealer. He was happy to tell me it was only a $5 stamp to transfer. I believe the only difference was adding a vertical forward grip.
    Wow, where there's will, there's a way.

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    Not a piston, I can see a gas tube.

    The other cylinder is for the return spring.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ColtSeavers View Post
    Wow, where there's will, there's a way.
    Definitely.
    If there is no enemy within the enemy outside can do us no harm

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    It's an old Oly Arms gun. I think in the old Harrison ford movie Clear and Present Danger Willem Dafoe's character is slinging one (although I remember it looking way less ****ed up)

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    He must be one sad disillusioned little boy if he thinks he is going to get a 308 or 1911 for that in trade.

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