Thank You Fellas!
It has been a long time... before deciding on the Olympic Arms, I spent a good deal of time not only lookin and askin about a number of different firearms, but also prioritizing what in a firearm would be most important. Like caliber and capacity for example. Caliber because I have to feed the thing, I figured I may as well avoid something like .45-70 govt. and go with something more readily available and far less expensive.
John, I love the feel of the rifle! Fit and finish meets my expectations and is on par with every other AR carbine i have handled! I like the weight and "heft" of it and it feels very natural in comparison to a couple other rifles (not M4/AR rifles) I have handled and fired. I actually like a firearm with a little weight, and while I'd have to look at specs, I believe it comes in around 7 lbs, about the same as my 590A1, but the platform puts the weight much closer to your body. After swingin a 20" shotgun, this is EASY to manuever and manipulate!
Range report will hopefully follow very soon! I have both the Federal/Lake City XM193 55 gr. 5.56 FMJ and Hornady TAP FPD 55 gr. .223 Remington in the nickel plated case!
Pics, Where do I begin...
Box stock, fresh out of the OD green case it came with!
A couple closer up pics. You can see the OA emblem and the railed gas block.
It actually has a dust cover and forward assist! :shock:
Started adding sights. The front is the Leapers/UTG gas block mount. I'm gonna sell that with the railed gas block.
My Bushnell Trophy and Magpul MBUS. I scuffed the Trophy on purpose after painting... I kinda like it that way! OH! And I really dig the Magpul PMag too!
Tore it down in like 2 seconds! Got the Magpul ASAP on there. Figured I may as well while it was apart, I plan on tryin it with my single point at some time. I lost the springs at one point but quickly recovered them and figured out where they went! I remembered reading about them in a couple other threads on here!!!
At this point I wasnt entirely certain I'd remember how it all went back together!
Got the M4 handgaurd off, heck of a time gettin the MOE on there! Not enough hands and thing had to go on, and the other thing still had to be able to slide, and the holes in the watchamajigger...
And then it kinda just came together with the ARMS flip up A2 front post and everything. I really like the ARMS sight, thats stayin and the M1907 will likely be the keeper sling too! Oh, the roll pin from the railed gas block is a little long for the ARMS sight and I havent yet figured out how to tighten the rear most allen set screw on it due to the MOE handgaurd. I need to get another allen key and will probably cut a little off the end to fit it between the two pieces.
Another closer up like the first but with the new parts!
Co-witness with the Magpul MBUS.
Co-witness minus the MBUS. I have some adjustments to make yet at the range. I'll sight without the Trophy first...
Thats it for now boys and girls! I have a couple other things I'm thinkin about for the future, like the grip real soon, but I need a longer allen driver thingy so I can pull the screw!!! (THANKS LES!). I cant wait to get video of Allison shooting, I know shes excited!!! I am too!