I’d like to say thanks to all of the members here who have contributed to the wealth of knowledge on this site. I’m still relatively new to AR’s, but I feel like I already have a well above average knowledge of them thanks to the info here.
I got my first one almost two years ago on the advice of a co-worker who has in excess of 300 firearms. I thought surely if I know anyone to get advice from, he’d be the one. First and foremost, he suggested I skip the AR altogether and go with an AK based on the reliability. Somehow I just didn’t want an AK. He suggested an Olympic because that’s what he had and seemed as good as any.
Of course I complied and got a slightly used one. Shortly after I began to realize what I had been talked into. Within two trips to the range the carrier key (not staked at all) came very loose and seized up the rifle.
Upon doing a bit of research on this site and a few others, I opted to completely replace the upper with a Spikes. What a difference it made. No more failure to extract, failure to feed and no more loose carrier key. Accuracy was quite improved as well. I just got my second rifle with a spikes lower and colt 14.5 HBAR upper. I love it and this is becoming addictive.
To all the newbs such as myself, use the damned search button. It works!
