Something Wrong With Armalites?

[Geronimo45]

I see Bushmasters, RRA, Colt, and Stag listed as good AR folk - but not Armalite. Not recently, anyhow - and since Bud's has some good prices, I was curious if there was something wrong with Armalites, or some major issue with 'em.

 

[mc223]

I dont think there is a problem with the Armalite other than they are quite spendy compared to the others, and I have heard that delivery times were much longer. Dont personally have any experience with them. I would like to have one of the 308s though.

 

[AK103K]

I have two of them, a M15A4(C) and (T), never had any troubles with either. Both are accurate (the (T) is VERY accurate) and have been totally reliable.

Price wise, I dont see them being more than any of the others. My M15A4(C) was actually less than comparable Bushmasters for sale in the shop where I bought it at the same time.

 

[rbernie]

I have a couple Armalite rifles (AR-10 and AR-15) and am very pleased with 'em. They don't buy the ads/online sponsorship that Bushy and RRA do, but they're at least equally as good IMO.

 

[Gary G23]

I ordered one at the Shot Show in Atlanta and it took them two years to get it to me. When I got it the damn thing wouldn't feed worth a crap. The feed ramps were too short. Very disappointing.

 

[Onmilo]

Armalite produces far more .308 rifles than .223 rifles.
.223 rifles are more of a sideline than a profit producing endevor for these guys.
If you waited two years to get a rifle from Armalite then your dealer wasn't talking to the right people or if he was he was saying things that didn't make them very happy.
If you got a rifle that didn't work right when it did show up I am pretty sure the dealer really ticked somebody off up there or the gun was an assembly job compiled from Eagle Arm parts and Armalite has no control over how something is assembled once it leaves the factory.

Armalite has some of the nicest people I have ever had to deal with

 

[kennedy]

I love mine, I have a flat top with a leupold and it is very accurate at 100yds(the farthest I shoot), never a FTF, its one of my never sell guns.

 

[10-Ring]

Armalite makes a fine rifle...I know of no reason not to own one!

 

[madmike]

I have one. Love it. I own a variety of AR receivers. The Armalite is as good as any.

 

[NMshooter]

Not familiar with Armalite .223 rifles, but I do have an AR-10A4.

Very accurate, fit and finish are as good as Bushmaster or Colt.

 

[LoadedDrum]

Of all of the AR's I have tried my Armalite has the best fit and finish.

 

[Bartholomew Roberts]

I've been impressed with the Armalites I have seen. They have remarkable accuracy for chrome-lined factory barrels.

 

[Snarlingiron]

I have a Bushmaster M4, and my buddy has an Armalite M-15A4. Both are equiped with Leupold 1-4 X 20 shotgun scopes. The very best I have been able to wring out of my Bushmaster is about a 1" group at 100 yards. He shoots cloverleafs with the Armalite. Disgusting. He is a better shot than I am, but he has shot both rifles with about the same results. I am quite happy with the Bushmaster, it runs great, but I would love for it to be as accurate as the Armalite. Not a darned thing wrong with either of them though.

 

[rangerruck]

I know a fairly large ammo dealer, who says that when guys ask him questions about which ammo runs best in ars, the more he delves into their weapons, he says that the two mfgrs that he hears about with the most feed problems are inevitably, Olympic, then Armalite.

 

[Gary G23]

"If you waited two years to get a rifle from Armalite then your dealer wasn't talking to the right people or if he was he was saying things that didn't make them very happy.
If you got a rifle that didn't work right when it did show up I am pretty sure the dealer really ticked somebody off up there or the gun was an assembly job compiled from Eagle Arm parts and Armalite has no control over how something is assembled once it leaves the factory."

I'm afraid this story you have concocted has nothing to do with the truth. I ordered the rifle DIRECTLY from Armalite (the fact I ordered it at the Shot Show should have been your first clue). The rifle came DIRECTLY from Armalite. They even called me before they shipped it and I asked them "the one I ordered two years ago ?" and they said "yes".

 

[JWarren]

It would take a LOT for me to accept a rifle from an order placed two years prior. Unless it was something amazing like an authenic PSG-1.

John

 

[fugi]

I don't own an armalite but I've fired and worked on their m15a4 and had alot of time to compare it to my DPMS M4. I'd say it's very much superior in fit and finish, if I buy another ar15 it'll be an armalite. I can't speak for its accuracy as we only have 100m range here and I only had wolf ammo on me at the time.

 

[AK103K]

I ordered the rifle DIRECTLY from Armalite (the fact I ordered it at the Shot Show should have been your first clue). The rifle came DIRECTLY from Armalite. They even called me before they shipped it and I asked them "the one I ordered two years ago ?" and they said "yes".

This wasnt back around the time that last ban came off, was it?

I picked up my M15A4(C) right around then and you couldnt get anything from Armalite as they were so swamped.(they werent the only ones either) My dealer called them direct and they told him to shop the distributors as they were not shipping rifles. What was out there is what was available at the time, unless you wanted to wait, and wait a long time. They wouldnt even offer an ETA for anything.

I was lucky enough that they found one, although I had to do a stock change and file off the muzzle brake. I ordered one with a flash hider, and it came with one, in a baggie in the box. Amalite was nice enough to provide instructions on their website on how to get the brake off if you didnt want to wait.

Came out OK.

 

[Gary G23]

"This wasnt back around the time that last ban came off, was it?"

I believe it was 1999. It was the only year the Shot Show was in Atlanta. I ended up selling the rifle. The guy that bought it complained about it not feeding until someone stole it from his truck.

 

[spooney]

My rifle has an Armalite flat top upper on it, it is quite the tack driver.

 

[Lobotomy Boy]

I never considered Armalite because I've been very pleased with the products and service from a company located just a short drive from my house: DPMS. I'm sure Armalite makes a fine rifle, but my DPMS is so good I see no reason not to keep my dollars in the neighborhood.