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comparing the 2 on their respective websites the bushmaster is almost double the money.
Olympics have had a bad name in the past b/c years ago they turned out some real crap but these days they build a good rifle.
In his title he asks "what brand would you go with" I simply expressed my opinion, its up to him to decide if its too much money
Charlie, If you want to come and see the difference, I can show you mine. I have Rock River, Smith, Colt, Olympic, and a couple of *censored* rifles I built. The best looking are the Colts, you pay ALOT more for the name. Rock River, Smith, DPMS, Bushmaster, ect,ect,ect are all basically the same. Olympics have had a bad name in the past b/c years ago they turned out some real crap but these days they build a good rifle. 3 good points for Oly would be, they are cheaper, they are in Nisqually so if you have a problem, you can drive it to them, and they are the ONLY manufacturer who broach cuts their barrels (SUM barrels only). Do a search, broach cut barrels have way better accuracy. I wouldn't get to hung up on brand, everyone likes the 1 they have.
Quote from: actionshooter on February 17, 2009, 09:31:39 PMCharlie, If you want to come and see the difference, I can show you mine. I have Rock River, Smith, Colt, Olympic, and a couple of *censored* rifles I built. The best looking are the Colts, you pay ALOT more for the name. Rock River, Smith, DPMS, Bushmaster, ect,ect,ect are all basically the same. Olympics have had a bad name in the past b/c years ago they turned out some real crap but these days they build a good rifle. 3 good points for Oly would be, they are cheaper, they are in Nisqually so if you have a problem, you can drive it to them, and they are the ONLY manufacturer who broach cuts their barrels (SUM barrels only). Do a search, broach cut barrels have way better accuracy. I wouldn't get to hung up on brand, everyone likes the 1 they have.Yep, that's some very good info right there. Oly Arms is one of the very few that actually make their own barrels from blank barrel stock, they had pallets of it the last time I was there. Most AR companies have their barrels supplied by Wilson or ER Shaw and those are done in very high production due to the supply and demand right now, but still, either is a very good quality barrel.Oly Arms used to make their receivers from cast alloy, that's changed in the recent years and now they are all forged aluminum throughout their complete line of AR's. The old Plinker model was the last hold out for cast, but now up to date in forged and Oly is replacing the last few cast recvr's under warranty with newer forged units. The old cast stuff would break and that is where the bad mouthing of Oly Arms comes from, it was basically carry over from the original SGW, Schutzen Gun Works, that is now known and highly regarded as Olympic Arms. They make good stuff these days.If you get a chance go into the Olympic Arms sales office and ask if Skip or Lee could maybe take you thru a quick tour of the plant, you'll find it very interesting.Colts do tend to have a very nice finish on them, but don't seem to shoot any better than anything else out there. Rock River Arms, DPMS, Wilson, Bushmaster and so on all have very good products to offer. I build mine mostly on Bushmaster, DPMS and Mega lowers. I've used several Oly Arms barrels and have built on Model 1 Sales kits and parts along with Armalite, I can't really seem to find anything worng with any of them. Bushmaster makes the Remington R-15 and DPMS makes the Remington R-25 308 based guns. They all tend to be really good shooters.My suggestion is to find anything you can these days, since the NoBamma scare has taken hold AR's are scarce, and at least you will have something to start with. Again, as I stated in another post, the barrel and the trigger is what makes the AR a real shooter, not the roll mark on the side of it. An expensive Bushmaster is no better than a STAG or DPMS or CMMG, it all depends on what you want as far as looks and function.
