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

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    Quote Originally Posted by tonyxcom View Post
    DAFAQ!?!?
    ^^ Read with southern accent !^^ and blame all grammatical errors on Alabama's public school system.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fallenromeo View Post
    He must be one sad disillusioned little boy if he thinks he is going to get a 308 or 1911 for that in trade.
    A well-used PSA 308, a low-end Century FAL, or an imported 1911 clone from the Philippines, possibly. Anything more though...

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    http://www.quarterbore.com/ar15m16/oa93.htm
    Olympic Arms OA-93, SomeOtherGuy nailed it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4thPointOfContact View Post
    http://www.quarterbore.com/ar15m16/oa93.htm
    Olympic Arms OA-93, SomeOtherGuy nailed it.
    Trippy. Lot of us guys that weren't into AR's till the last five or six years missed out on
    the ban era weirdness and stuff. Very cool thread.

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    One of my buddies scored one a few weeks ago....pretty rare actually. I was all WTF is that dude and he educated me. Haven't handled or seen it in person, but looks exactly like the one in the OP.
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    If it wasn't for the fact that, that thing came from the factory like that I would say it would be a prime contender for the gunsmithing hall of shame thread.


    Who am I kidding, I think it still is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fallenromeo View Post
    He must be one sad disillusioned little boy if he thinks he is going to get a 308 or 1911 for that in trade.
    Oh hes for sure delusional. I live in Tempe, ASU is a great school (at least for STEM & Business) but that 85 percent acceptance rate has it's cost.
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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.
    Thanks for the history lesson.
    I'd actually read / seen something similar a few years back, but couldn't pull the details out of my cobwebs.

    To the rest on here, that probably has potential as a historical oddity ... though I wonder if it's still GTG in the ban states?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4thPointOfContact View Post
    http://www.quarterbore.com/ar15m16/oa93.htm
    Olympic Arms OA-93, SomeOtherGuy nailed it.
    Very informative link, thanks. Looks like this guy is selling an OA-98, and the heat shield may be some sort of replacement, or possibly a factory part that's different from what's pictured at the link.

    The related pistol AOW I once saw is apparently an OA-93TG.
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