AR 15 will my order be filled?

[blindhog1964]

I ordered an AR in April from a manufacturer if an assault weapons ban is put through would my order be filled?

 

[Reloadron]

Check with who you ordered it from. You ordered a rifle in April and this is December, what was the expected delivery lead time?

Also any form of ban will not happen overnight.

Ron

 

[taliv]

dang! what AR manufacturer has a 9 month backlog?


no one can answer your question as no one has any idea what rules future legislation might hold

 

[blindhog1964]

Olympic arms is the company and I couldn't get a straight answer from them as to lead times if their lives depended on it. I was first told 4 to 6 weeks then 90 days then I was told raw materials were a problem then a machine that made magazine bottoms was broken and we are waiting for parts. I will admit its not a standard AR it's a UMAR in 25 WSSM but my patience is about at its limit. The problem now is if I cancel my order and get my money back the prices for a run of the mill AR right now are crazy.

 

[taliv]

well, i guess the 25 wssm explains it, but you can bet that won't be their priority now.

if i were in your position, i would call them and tell them to switch your order to the next type of gun coming off their line. you've waited plenty.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Why did you plonk your money down in the first place? You shoulda actually bought a rifle instead of loaning your money out for no return.. I mean throwing it down a rat-hole.

 

[blindhog1964]

I wanted this rifle and I should say Oly doesn't have my money the dealer I used wanted the down payment. Oly doesn't charge until the unit is ready to ship but it still ties my money up not knowing when it may ship. I can't spend it and then have them ship the next week.

 

[tc54]

there won't be any assault weapons ban. our politicians might ban certain parts, accessories, etc., but there will not be a ban on the basic ar. heck, the "legal" wrangling hasn't even begun as yet, and that's gonna take many months. something is amiss if you have waited since april.

 

[Reloadron]

My opinion is your best bet would be to call them, yet again, and ask for a realistic delivery date.

I was first told 4 to 6 weeks then 90 days then I was told raw materials were a problem then a machine that made magazine bottoms was broken and we are waiting for parts.

That just becomes an unending story of BS. They went from 4 to 6 weeks to 12 weeks and now it has been what? Maybe 36 weeks? I know you want that chambering but it is getting stupid waiting forever too. They can either deliver or forget it.

Ron

 

[blindhog1964]

I agree something is amiss. I just wish they would tell me the truth instead of stringing me along. I mean if you aren't going to make the rifle but at certain times of the year then say so, at least I would know when I might be expecting it.

 

[splithoof]

The Hindenburg dirigible I ordered will be here in two weeks.......

 

[horsemen61]

I have never heard good things from olympic arms :banghead: I am sorry to hear this.

 

[blindhog1964]

Just as an update I'm now at 273 days and still no rifle.

 

[M1key]

Just as an update I'm now at 273 days and still no rifle.

Contact your friendly Better Business Bureau.

M

 

[ugaarguy]

I'd ask the dealer for my deposit back, and tell Oly to can the order. You've waited 10 months, and been given BS excuses. I'd try to get a stripped lower, back order the rest of the parts to assemble a standard 5.56 / .223 AR-15. Then I'd wait until Olympic gets caught up and buy the WSSM upper at that time.

 

[hueyville]

My AR mechanic could have you what you want in 30 days and be a better rifle. He just shipped several in odd calibers to the ATF of all buyers.

 

[TIMC]

dang! what AR manufacturer has a 9 month backlog?

Here is one, been waiting for my FD308 for 6 months now, he is getting close to finished with the current batch so maybe 2 more months. Even with adding new equipment the new amount of orders he has put him with a continually growing back log.

Going to be worth the wait I think!

http://www.fd-defense.com/

 

[Kurt_D]

I hate to bring this up but doesn't the .25 WSSM have a HUGE case head? Basically the bolt size required makes the extension too thin (uses a 5.56 upper); there were pics of one on AR15.com that shear the entire locking lug part of the barrel extension off. Yes, all 8 lugs, in a perfect ring, all at once. Those fat, high pressure chamberings really need to be built in an AR10 pattern rifle not AR15.

 

[blindhog1964]

They have been making ar15's in this clambering for awhile now and this is the only problem with barrel extension I have seen. I believe the user of that rifle was using reloads and it was guessed that a hot one got made,a very hot one. Like I said I believe that is the only case of a barrel extension havering any problem to date that I have seen. The 6.5 Grendel has almost the same dimensions as well as the 6.8 spc