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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:25:23 AM EDT
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Deplatform maybe? Who hosted their site?
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:35:43 AM EDT
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I am sure someone will pounce on me but I always liked Olympic Arms, one of the few who actually made AR's instead of just assembling parts.
My oldest AR is an Oly and has been a great gun for 25 years. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:38:36 AM EDT
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Why do you care?
They were just another low-tier manufacturer in a sea of manufacturers. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:39:38 AM EDT
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Thank god for small mercies.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:41:24 AM EDT
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From google reviews it sounds like they are filling previous orders, but are otherwise closed. Website down and phone number disconnected.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:44:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am sure someone will pounce on me but I always liked Olympic Arms, one of the few who actually made AR's instead of just assembling parts. My oldest AR is an Oly and has been a great gun for 25 years. I always swung by there if I was in the area fishing or something, always a good time. I never had or saw any probs with their stuff. An oa98 in each hand was a little obnoxious, but fun  I think the drama was before my time, prob look it up one of these days if I get bored. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:49:56 AM EDT
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There were shows where multiple vendors had piles of their stuff. Piles.
I know I had my fair share, never had any issues with any of it. There was garbage that probably should have went in the scrap around. I think you almost had to go find it. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:50:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Why do you care? They were just another low-tier manufacturer in a sea of manufacturers. They were manufacturing before the sea of manufacturers. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:50:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Why do you care? They were just another low-tier manufacturer in a sea of manufacturers. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:59:53 AM EDT
[#10]
I had issues with their parts.
I also had one of their uppers that was fitted to a lower with a grinder. They were classy like that. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 3:02:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am sure someone will pounce on me but I always liked Olympic Arms, one of the few who actually made AR's instead of just assembling parts. My oldest AR is an Oly and has been a great gun for 25 years. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 3:02:30 AM EDT
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I have one OLY upper and it’s amazingly accurate and functions perfectly.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 3:03:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The more factories making guns, the happier I am. As a general rule I dont like seeing arms manufacturers going away. Olympic was always ok, how many people had legitimate issues with oly arms parts? Some people just bashed them cause they were cheap just like some people bash Colt for being expensive. In the early days of Ar15.com there were only about a dozen manufacturers that anyone knew anything about and one 1 bad review went a lot further than they do now and most likely just user error. I had an oly carbine back during the ban. It was extremely accurate and I never had issues with it. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 3:08:16 AM EDT
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Their factory closed almost a year ago I think. Don't believe they relocated. The local Indian Res that owns Red Wind Casino owns the bldg now I believe. I pass by on the back way to I-5 frequently.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 8:36:57 AM EDT
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I have an Oly Arms 9mm upper I bought in 2007 and it has always worked well, even with an evil bump stock.
I know people around here have had horror stories for years about them, but a lot of people who post about how bad they are apparently have no actual experience with them and just repeat what they have read on the internet. Bonjour. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 8:51:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They were manufacturing before the sea of manufacturers. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Why do you care? They were just another low-tier manufacturer in a sea of manufacturers. They were manufacturing before the sea of manufacturers. Exactly. My first AR was from them...early 90’s. I sold it during the ban for a ton !!!! But it was a great rifle. Never had one issue with it. . |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 8:51:24 AM EDT
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In 1994 the idiots at Olympic arms single handedly got regular M43 Steel core 7.62x39mm banned from import with their stupid pistol. As a history lesson, it was pouring into the country dirt cheap then from former Warsaw pact states (cold war was over) and China. There were untold more millions coming in, probably enough that it would have been $75/1000rds for another 20 years.
The Olympic made ARs often, though not always, lacked interchangeability of uppers. It was very common to have to egg out the takedown pin hole on say, a colt upper to get it to fit. The shortest lower you can buy from PSA or anderson smokes Olys quality on average. They did play with cool calibers and built pre86 MGs, other than that, they sucked. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:03:28 AM EDT
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I bought a Oly 9mm pistol upper to run on my M16. When I got it I found out that the bolt didn't have the m16 sear cut. I called them up and asked if they still made bolt with the correct trip. The gentleman on the phone was super nice and about talked my ear off about guns. He explained that the machine that cut their bolts was down getting a retrofit so it might be awhile. It took a good 5 or 6 months but it eventually came.
Thats been probably a year and a half or two years ago at this point though. Upper runs like a champ though. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:08:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am sure someone will pounce on me but I always liked Olympic Arms, one of the few who actually made AR's instead of just assembling parts. My oldest AR is an Oly and has been a great gun for 25 years. Agreed. I’ve been shooting ARs since the early 90s. My first complete lower for a build was an Olympic. That one has been used on a few different builds, it’s now the lower for my home defense rifle with a surplus complete Colt M4 upper on it. Olympic came out with a statement after Sandy Hook that was well received here. There isn’t any logical hate for Olympic, they’re fine for what they are, a decent budget rifle. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:13:00 AM EDT
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The problem with olympic arms was olympic arms.
Their parts and receiver QC was wildly hit and miss. One set of receivers would be fine, the next required a hammer and punch. "Close tolerance" receivers they said, but every other AR maker seemed to get it right  Canted barrels. Holes drilled off center. Threads not parallel to the hole.I'd had enough after their head of sales staff (initials T.S.) drove the final nail. Never again. Sold my oly shit off. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:23:26 AM EDT
[#21]
A victim of the salad days?
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:40:55 AM EDT
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Too bad about Olympic. They did it to themselves though.
Quite innovative back in the day. Oly invented the flat top upper and free float hand guard. Their early flat top uppers started with integral carry handles that would be shaved off with a weaver rail bolted to the top. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:42:50 AM EDT
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Time will tell.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:50:07 AM EDT
[#24]
Now that's a name I haven't heard in a while.
One of my guns still has an Oly BCG in it. I think. Had a FIRSH rail that someone had blasted with way too much duracoat. That was hot shit in 2002. That and ARMS rails. Fuck I'm old now. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:53:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They were a cool company and at times, they were ahead of their time. Their piston ar pistol was neat, the oa-93 I think it was. Plus their .40 cal ar15 was pretty cool for the time it came out in. When they were supposedly closing shop the first time, I bought an extra BCG and other assorted parts just in case. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:58:43 AM EDT
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I bought a Oly Arms Wolverine pistol a few years back and wanted a few spare mags, gave them a call, and he said they were basically closed but were still shipping old inventory/parts. He sent me the mags at a discounted price and a bunch of spare parts for free.
I managed to figure out how to suppress it and it's easily the quietest semi-auto .22 pistol host I own. No issues with it either.  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:59:15 AM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Too bad about Olympic. They did it to themselves though. Quite innovative back in the day. Oly invented the flat top upper and free float hand guard. Their early flat top uppers started with integral carry handles that would be shaved off with a weaver rail bolted to the top. There were 1970s experiments with flat top/weaver rail AR-10s and M16s. That's before the Oly was building AR platform stuff at all. 'I'm not sure on float tubes, but I believe that was also tried earlier. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:00:08 AM EDT
[#28]
I always thought they got a lot more shit than they deserved, and a lot of it was bandwagon bullshit from the days of "the chart".
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:00:23 AM EDT
[#29]
I didn't know they were back.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:03:12 AM EDT
[#30]
I have a old arms RR, and the only complaint is frankford arsenal isn't around anymore....well at least the company that registered the conversion.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:09:29 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Now that's a name I haven't heard in a while. One of my guns still has an Oly BCG in it. I think. Had a FIRSH rail that someone had blasted with way too much duracoat. That was hot shit in 2002. That and ARMS rails. Fuck I'm old now. My first two AR's in the early 00's were an Olympic, and a Stag with an ARMS SIR rail. It was fucking awesome. God, I wish I still had those. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:18:17 AM EDT
[#32]
My Oly is a fluke it run runs perfectly.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:19:33 AM EDT
[#33]
I bought a bunch of their safety controls. they machined them so you could insert from either side. It was great for leftie shooters, any gun could be flipped. Their safeties were not as smooth as others though. A little gritty feeling.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:25:37 AM EDT
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I had one of their 9mm carbines. Ran like a sewing machine with the sten mag conversion. Traded the upper to another member here. I still have the trade, but wish I still had the 9mm upper, too. It was a lot of fun.
I kept the lower, installed a better trigger in it, and it is still the lower my hunting rifle uses now. Zero complaints. I remember well when they introduced the pistol that killed imports of Chinese ammo, but that was government's fault, not theirs. I can't hate them for that. It sucks to hear them going out of business. I want to see more gun companies, not less. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:26:14 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I am sure someone will pounce on me but I always liked Olympic Arms, one of the few who actually made AR's instead of just assembling parts. My oldest AR is an Oly and has been a great gun for 25 years. Same here. Bought mine on a whim in 2005 and it eats everything I feed it. It's my wife's rifle, now. 
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:28:42 AM EDT
[#36]
I bought a bunch of parts for my Oly 9mm when they originally announced closing up shop. I've never had an issue with the rifle.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:30:28 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: In 1994 the idiots at Olympic arms single handedly got regular M43 Steel core 7.62x39mm banned from import with their stupid pistol. As a history lesson, it was pouring into the country dirt cheap then from former Warsaw pact states (cold war was over) and China. There were untold more millions coming in, probably enough that it would have been $75/1000rds for another 20 years. The Olympic made ARs often, though not always, lacked interchangeability of uppers. It was very common to have to egg out the takedown pin hole on say, a colt upper to get it to fit. The shortest lower you can buy from PSA or anderson smokes Olys quality on average. They did play with cool calibers and built pre86 MGs, other than that, they sucked. This really pissed me off, they were warned by the BATFE what would happen, they basically gave the finger to the feds, and the feds made true on their warnings. I had one Oly back in the day, while it functioned, the lower was so tight I had to file the mag well in order to insert or drop mags. I wanted a OA-93, but the lower issue I had me hold, then the ammo debacle pretty much sealed the deal with a big fuck you oly. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:45:13 AM EDT
[#38]
Oly Arms sucks. Their factory burned down once or twice with my rifle in their possession. What a pain in the ass to get compensated. I was given one of their rifles a long time ago and it was an unreliable POS.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:45:38 AM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I had one Oly back in the day, while it functioned, the lower was so tight I had to file the mag well in order to insert or drop mags. Ah ha! That was another problem I had with a couple of their lowers. I went in and asked if they could do something about it. Their answer? The mag's bad, toss it. Smack dab in the middle years of the crime bill..... toss your hicap mag, that happens to work in everything else by the way. Tards |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:46:12 AM EDT
[#40]
I had a pre ban Olympic Arms SGW stop sign lower gun. It was decent.
One year my wife bought me an Olympic Arms Plinker for Christmas. She was so proud that she bought that piece of junk all by herself
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:47:45 AM EDT
[#41]
My first AR back in 2002 was an Oly. I sold off everything else a long time ago but I still have a gun built on that lower.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:48:29 AM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This really pissed me off, they were warned by the BATFE what would happen, they basically gave the finger to the feds, and the feds made true on their warnings. I had one Oly back in the day, while it functioned, the lower was so tight I had to file the mag well in order to insert or drop mags. I wanted a OA-93, but the lower issue I had me hold, then the ammo debacle pretty much sealed the deal with a big fuck you oly. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: In 1994 the idiots at Olympic arms single handedly got regular M43 Steel core 7.62x39mm banned from import with their stupid pistol. As a history lesson, it was pouring into the country dirt cheap then from former Warsaw pact states (cold war was over) and China. There were untold more millions coming in, probably enough that it would have been $75/1000rds for another 20 years. The Olympic made ARs often, though not always, lacked interchangeability of uppers. It was very common to have to egg out the takedown pin hole on say, a colt upper to get it to fit. The shortest lower you can buy from PSA or anderson smokes Olys quality on average. They did play with cool calibers and built pre86 MGs, other than that, they sucked. This really pissed me off, they were warned by the BATFE what would happen, they basically gave the finger to the feds, and the feds made true on their warnings. I had one Oly back in the day, while it functioned, the lower was so tight I had to file the mag well in order to insert or drop mags. I wanted a OA-93, but the lower issue I had me hold, then the ammo debacle pretty much sealed the deal with a big fuck you oly. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:48:34 AM EDT
[#43]
I thought they went under some time ago?
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Posted: 1/22/2021 6:00:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Their factory burned down once or twice with my rifle in their possession. But after they rebuilt, they would have a big open house/roast pigs/shoot a bunch of guns for free party  I cant remember how my cousin and I got invited, but it was fun as hell! Phoenix Rising I think they called it. Although, I still have my suspicions about the ar they built right there as a demo and raffled off as a door prize. Many thought it may have been a little too lucky that it went to one of the journalists from SOF magazine or something like that
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Posted: 1/22/2021 6:06:56 PM EDT
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They did some interesting stuff for sure.
One day I’ll come across one of their copper receiver rifles and add it to my collection. One day.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:47:04 PM EDT
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I think that copper was called beryllium out something like that-tbor, the bill of rights lowers.
I know a number of them got cast, I got one-those were some of the few documented oly prebans. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:58:26 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Why do you care? They were just another low-tier manufacturer in a sea of manufacturers. So my M16 is low tier? Educate yourself. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:06:40 AM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I am sure someone will pounce on me but I always liked Olympic Arms, one of the few who actually made AR's instead of just assembling parts. My oldest AR is an Oly and has been a great gun for 25 years. It’s unmarked but I’m pretty sure one of my 9mm AR Frankenbuilds has an Oly Arms barrel. I built an Oly Arms .45 ACP upper into a Cav Arms lower that took M3 Grease Gun mags.it was pretty awesome. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:07:22 AM EDT
[#49]
I have a complete factory Olympic 762x39 carbine I bought back during the Obummer time frame. Has worked great with no issues, took a buck with it 2 years ago.
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Posted: 1/23/2021 12:14:28 AM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: In 1994 the idiots at Olympic arms single handedly got regular M43 Steel core 7.62x39mm banned from import with their stupid pistol. As a history lesson, it was pouring into the country dirt cheap then from former Warsaw pact states (cold war was over) and China. There were untold more millions coming in, probably enough that it would have been $75/1000rds for another 20 years. The Olympic made ARs often, though not always, lacked interchangeability of uppers. It was very common to have to egg out the takedown pin hole on say, a colt upper to get it to fit. The shortest lower you can buy from PSA or anderson smokes Olys quality on average. They did play with cool calibers and built pre86 MGs, other than that, they sucked. |
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