I found this very interesting and thought I would post it for all you fells out there that continually bad mouth Olympic Arms.
I was working in my barn a little today and came across a pile of my old Gun Test Magazines. One in particular was the 1993 buyers guide and on the front was Olympic Arms vs. Colt AR-15's.
The test rifles were a Colt Target model with a 20" barrel and an Olympic Arms CAR-15 with an 11.5" barrel.
To make a long story short the only place where advantage went to Colt was on the Stock to cheek weld (Oly was a collapsible stock and this was made clear when the advantage was given.) And in long range accuracy. ( Also was made clear that the Oly was a short version made for up close work 11.5" barrel.) In the bottom line both rifles were recommended however the Olympic Arms won more points and prevailed overall...
Now I don't know how many of you guys are familiar with Gun Tests, but I have always taken their reviews as the gospel as they take no advertising dollars and are totally unbiased in their testing.
Before I bought my first AR I did my own research, and came to the same conclusion and bought an Oly. One big difference between mine and this test rifle is mine is made for accuracy and is an absolute tack driver... Blessings to all...
I was working in my barn a little today and came across a pile of my old Gun Test Magazines. One in particular was the 1993 buyers guide and on the front was Olympic Arms vs. Colt AR-15's.
The test rifles were a Colt Target model with a 20" barrel and an Olympic Arms CAR-15 with an 11.5" barrel.
To make a long story short the only place where advantage went to Colt was on the Stock to cheek weld (Oly was a collapsible stock and this was made clear when the advantage was given.) And in long range accuracy. ( Also was made clear that the Oly was a short version made for up close work 11.5" barrel.) In the bottom line both rifles were recommended however the Olympic Arms won more points and prevailed overall...
Now I don't know how many of you guys are familiar with Gun Tests, but I have always taken their reviews as the gospel as they take no advertising dollars and are totally unbiased in their testing.
Before I bought my first AR I did my own research, and came to the same conclusion and bought an Oly. One big difference between mine and this test rifle is mine is made for accuracy and is an absolute tack driver... Blessings to all...