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Posted: 5/4/2005 3:55:25 PM EDT
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I'm saying good bye to my COLT AR15 9mm SAFEQUEEN , I think I'll be going the OLY route.... Shes for sale in the Equipment Exchange 
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Good choice.... the Oly is better in the reliability dept. and mags are a lot less $$ for the same capacity(w/ magwell block inserts).... although... unless you do the Glock lower from Oly.. you'll be without LSBHO. This is really a minor issue and not any different than people using UZI mags in thier RRA/colt 9millies during and after the AWB. Add a tactical latch and a re-charge is only about .25 seconds more time than hitting bolt release. ~D~ |
Bad choice.....the Oly is not nearly as reliable as the Colt system.....not from what I have heard, seen, or experienced. Buy a box of Sten mags and test them all to find a handfull of reliable ones is NOT getting off cheap. You'll spend less on good converted Uzi mags when all is said and done. How much is your time and frustration worth? If the Oly is so good why is there ZERO military and law enforcement use of it? The bolt hold open issue is moot......it is BETTER to have it than NOT regardless of the perceived importance. I don't call a manual of arms workaround a 'feature'. Many shooters, myself included, do not like the tactical latches, last thing needed is an extra half inch sticking out the side of a rifle. If you're interested in shooting a 9mm use the nice one you already have. AR-15s are perishable(!) and meant to be used. Burn the ammo and replace parts when nessassary. Take your safe queen, pop its cherry, and turn it into your ho......you'll be happier with that than ANY Oly setup. |
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I did not gain my experience by reading threads. Opinion is useless if it is not from personal experience otherwise you simply regurgitate the thoughts of others. Neither do I feel obligated to attach my resume to every piece of advice or opinion I have to offer. Your advice to 'read the threads' is laughable and leaves an impression on how you gained your 'experience'. The Colt conversion will have more writings, good or bad, because there are just more of them in circulation. The Colt system is not ideal.....it's just better than Oly. I even like Oly conversions as they can work very well. Swapping a Colt for an Oly is like trading your dog for a cat. If you happen to be a cat/Oly lover by all means get one, you'll be happy. I have NEVER heard of any military or law enforcement agencies using the Olympic Arms 9mm Conversion. ZERO is an easy statistic to analyze. Still need a list? Here ya go: 0 You want to counter my made up hearsay figures? It's outright dimwitted to say that and yet provide nothing yourself to prove me wrong. Get some Ritalin for that A.D.D. problem you have. I acknowledge that there is always something I don't know, so list the military units and agencies that have adopted the Olympic Arms 9mm system. Be specific because I WILL follow up and contact them as it would be in my best interest. |
How many of those threads were Colt rifles? If your BHO breaks, you're just where you were with the Oly to start with, nay? I had an Oly 45, excellent, except it was too heavy, so I had it turned down. Eventually I decided to go to Colt 9mm, which is IMO, more purpose built. (The Oly is more of an afterthought in design.) |
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NO, Selling that colt is like freeing that pony you always liked. Once that Colt is gone sometime in the future you will want it back. Take my word for this, I sold off two rifles that I still kick myself in the ass, ALL THE TIME. I'm going to say this once and I don't want to be ragged on for saying this but I was sitting back in chair one night thinking about what I had one time and I thought of that one rifle I sold, I got all teary eyed. Because I know I will never get that sweet shooting, Shooting dead zero all the time, Ruger Mini 14 Gov't Model. It was smooth. Flash Suppressor, Bayo-lug, Beautiful grained wood stock, stop now,,, I'm getting teary eyed. Well I say keep your Colt... |
Please what? Just figured I'd mention it, not trying to beat you up on price, since I have one already. |
Tagged in anticipation of reply.  BTW, I just bought an OLY upper, and I'm not at all impressed. The quality of materials and workmanship is not what I expected. The upper truly looks like there should be a "Made in China" sticker on it somewhere. To be fair, it does function as designed, it just looks like hell... |
I almost wrote that I don't have dog in this fight but I actually do have a Colt system LRM-M169 and it works great (at my dealers still). I went with the Colt because I like the idea of the same manual of arms and also because out of all the LRM users I have talked with, none had the Oly style.....reason, doesn't really matter to me, just thatfact was enough. One thing I will have to say though, Mark B over at Triple Break sells Oly to LE quite frequently. Seems as if the Glock lowers are really catching on  Now I did read, and talk to Mark about it so it's not first hand but I know, they are in LE hands.I started to think, fuck Colt (I still think fuck Colt for the extremely un-civi attitude they have) about the magazine prices but I already have to spend close to double that for HK mags for my P7M13 so I don't sweat $50 for good magazines. I'm not magazine whore so 6 mags is good enough for me. To each their own, but I think you might regret getting rid of the Colt.... Good luck 
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| I am sure Oly will sell a lot of Glock conversions to LE purely because of that black hole in the market for cross platform interchangability from handgun to rifle magazines.....smart business move on Oly's behalf. I have yet to fire one or see one outside of SHOT show. Hard enough just to get 45ACP stuff from them these days. |
I liked my 45 upper a lot, I wish Oly would just leave the barrel stainless instead of putting that pisspoor finish on it though. Anyway, I was looking at the Glock Conversion, but damned if it's not a hideous pieced togethor rifle. I mean just ugly looking. I'm sure it works fine, and it does have a BHO, but did I mention how ugly it is? :) I bought my Colt 9mm because of the light barrel, the BHO, the regular mag release, the sight dedicated to 9mm, and so on. It looks like an engineer converted the gun to 9mm, rather than Oly's system, which looks like a hobbyist converted one. They all shoot the same though, I'm sure. :) |
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