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Posted: 12/2/2007 4:10:20 PM EDT
Ive been using google-fu without much luck
Anyone know where you can buy stripped Olympic arms lower receivers from a reputable dealer that isn't selling the counterfeits? |
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In my opinion get something else. Why Oly anyways? I know someone that will trade you a complete DPMS for his complete Olympic lower.
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I like thier roll mark but would probably pass on getting one if it wasn't $100
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Counterfeit Olys?? Why would someone go through the trouble to conterfeit them? I could see someone trying that with a more reputable brand maybe...
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Any reason you have to have an oly I have built a few rifles on oly lowers, other than a tight magwell they seem ok, but unless they were much cheaper or the only thing I could get I would use something else. Have you tried superior arms lowers Thats about all I use anymore.
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I'd contact oly arms themselves, in WA we can snag scratch and dents at gunshows for like $85-90. There are a few dealers out there that carry them, but quality is questionable.
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Yeah, apparently Oly busted a counterfeit when somebody sent it in for warranty work earlier this year. |
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a neat rollmark isnt worth an out of spec lower IMO. Get something else. Spikes Tactical puts neat shit on their lowers if your into that. Otherwise get a Stag for cheap and retain quality
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Or so they claim... I saw the statement on their website. Sounds like a bunch of B.S. to me. Maybe someone assembled a complete rifle on a stripped Oly lower and sold it as a factory build. But lowers??? C'mon. All that would have to be done is a trace of the serial # to find out who made it. Surely the alphabet gang would be involved and we would have heard a lot more about it. That is, if it wasn't one of the #'s in the ranges whose records were conveniently destroyed as they also claim . Unless there is a lot more to the story I Just sounds like a justification to not do any warranty service to me, as someone who has had three defective cast lowers come through his hands in the past. With NO remedy from Oly Arms I might add. |
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That's pretty much of a stretch there. |
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Good God, why?
Get a Stag, Sun Devil, Spike's, Mega, ASA, DSA, Bushmaster, RRA, POF, LMT, DPMS...ANYTHING but Oly or Vulcan/Hesse. |
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The Oly story? Or my 'fiction'. Which part, and why? ETA: It wouldn't be the first shady operation in the AR community. Model 1/M&A Parts/Nesard/Drasen/Sendra's checkered history or LWRC's shennanigans on this very board come to mind for instance. I won't even say the H, V, or B words. |
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That would be about par for the course, but they don't even exist as of two companies ago. So they don't even have to worry about providing any warranty work. Their new incarnation avoids such problems by not selling any complete firearms and they give no warranty past 30 days (if you're lucky). |
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Oly?!?!?!? Don't do it man! Friends don't let friends build on Olys'!!!
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Oly&Hesse doesn't want counterfeit lowers, because a counterfeiter has much higher QC than they do. The product would only improve by someone else making it.
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Anvil Arms lowers!
Very nice all around lowers and you get an engraving on the lower AND the lower for $100. |
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Well thats what I figures a Oly lower to go for? |
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Yes, but you won't find posts like this about Stag.
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Yeah I like their roll mark too. It looks like the roll mark on Czech Mausers I have/ Im figuring a $100 is my max too. |
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Thanks for the heads up but Ive read most of those post in the past on this board. Im not looking to purchase a complete rifle. Im only after a receiver. Also a lot of those out of spec/magwell issues were caused by bad cast forging. Oly has forged receivers so that should eliminate those issues Still looking? Anyone know a dealer? |
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Being local to the shop, we used to see them all the time.
I havent seen one in some time now. |
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Most ALL FORGED LOWERS are okay in my Book (Dont know about OLY)
I would even use a DPMS lower But must have ALL LMT PARTS |
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1 year backorder on their end which means they are going to put them out at the time of 2008 election to capitilze on panic buying Trying to find someone with them in stock |
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i had called bear arms in n scottsdale a while ago and asked what stripped lower they carry and they replied oly, so you might give them a try - (480) 998-2727, but the guy said he thought the lowers were cast??
other than that, coleman tyler has dpms, bushmaster and mega stripped lowers - all showing in stock as i type this and he is local too |
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Why the hell are seeking out Oly lowers? They are just about the crappiest AR manufacturer out there. Hell, with the way the real Oly receivers are, you might actually be better off getting one of those counterfit ones you're talking about.
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If you can't find a new one let me know, I might be willing to part with mine. It is a forged one.
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Try these guys www.atlanticfirearms.com/programming/listview.asp
They're an oly dealer. I've never seen anyone selling stripped oly lowers. Your best bet might be to call Oly |
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