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AR15/10 Rifles
K-16 upper
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<blockquote data-quote="brentc" data-source="post: 603671" data-attributes="member: 16938"><p>No need to worry with the K16. It's a good no frills upper for what you're wanting. I've seen K16 uppers shoot extremely well, and truthfully I don't think I've seen a bad one. </p><p> </p><p>A few years ago I worked side by side with Olympic while stationed at Fort Lewis and had the opportunity to test some of their ARs and components. I went in with the attitude that Olympic wasn't nearly as good as others because of all the crap you hear about how they're not chrome lined, and they use cast receivers, etc. but you know what? They put one of their stainless M4 barreled ARs in my hands for while and I beat the living crap out of it for two years. I swapped the receivers between several different manufacturers without a problem and continued to beat it. Even after all that, the little stainless barreled M4 shot just as good as the day it came out of the box before I sold it to a guy that could't get his Colt to shoot straight. (I think he was just a poor shot.)</p><p> </p><p>I've had a few Olympic receivers that I often swapped between several manufacturers without issue. One of my most versatile lowers is an Olympic with a treatment they used to do called Maxhard, and I've used it with several different uppers. My best shooting upper has one of their 4 groove cut rifled 20" Stainless Ultramatch barrels and it shoots everything really well. Last year I built my brother an AR from a few parts I had kicking around. I built it with a S&W lower and a nicely matched Olympic upper receiver, DPMS guts and a 1x8 Olympic target match barrel. It functions flawlessly.</p><p> </p><p>All that said, I don't prefer to build on Olympic parts just because there are nicer parts to build with, but I do think that they are far better than the reputation they get from the higher tier AR crowd, and after years of beatings and hard use they have earned my respect. I will continue to use use their cut rifled SUM barrels for precision AR work just because I truly believe they are some of the most consistent AR barrels you can get, and I will always have at least one Olympic build in my safe simply because it's the most accurate AR I've got.</p><p> </p><p>I've had and built ARs on several different receiver brands, and the worst fitting receivers I've had were Daniel Defense, which were really loose, but they worked. Most receivers now days fit up decent, even the cheap ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brentc, post: 603671, member: 16938"] No need to worry with the K16. It's a good no frills upper for what you're wanting. I've seen K16 uppers shoot extremely well, and truthfully I don't think I've seen a bad one. A few years ago I worked side by side with Olympic while stationed at Fort Lewis and had the opportunity to test some of their ARs and components. I went in with the attitude that Olympic wasn't nearly as good as others because of all the crap you hear about how they're not chrome lined, and they use cast receivers, etc. but you know what? They put one of their stainless M4 barreled ARs in my hands for while and I beat the living crap out of it for two years. I swapped the receivers between several different manufacturers without a problem and continued to beat it. Even after all that, the little stainless barreled M4 shot just as good as the day it came out of the box before I sold it to a guy that could't get his Colt to shoot straight. (I think he was just a poor shot.) I've had a few Olympic receivers that I often swapped between several manufacturers without issue. One of my most versatile lowers is an Olympic with a treatment they used to do called Maxhard, and I've used it with several different uppers. My best shooting upper has one of their 4 groove cut rifled 20" Stainless Ultramatch barrels and it shoots everything really well. Last year I built my brother an AR from a few parts I had kicking around. I built it with a S&W lower and a nicely matched Olympic upper receiver, DPMS guts and a 1x8 Olympic target match barrel. It functions flawlessly. All that said, I don't prefer to build on Olympic parts just because there are nicer parts to build with, but I do think that they are far better than the reputation they get from the higher tier AR crowd, and after years of beatings and hard use they have earned my respect. I will continue to use use their cut rifled SUM barrels for precision AR work just because I truly believe they are some of the most consistent AR barrels you can get, and I will always have at least one Olympic build in my safe simply because it's the most accurate AR I've got. I've had and built ARs on several different receiver brands, and the worst fitting receivers I've had were Daniel Defense, which were really loose, but they worked. Most receivers now days fit up decent, even the cheap ones. [/QUOTE]
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