I have an olympic arms Ar in 45 acp.I would really like to replace the factory barrel BUT I haven't been able to find anyone who has a 45 barrel that the olympic arms bolt will fit.I have tried a barrel from Dead shots but the barrel extension isn't changeable--the oly barrel extension has a feed ramp cut into it and the bolt inserts into the extension so---any suggestions?None of my local smiths have been any help.
sounds like your best bet is contact an actual AR15 gun smith, not a parts assembler. May have to be a bit of machine work done...
savage, could you post pictures of the extension and bolt in your Olympic? I might be able to help but would need to see it first.
Contact Rudy at Macon Armory, he specializes in pistol caliber AR conversions.
https://maconarmory.com/pages/contact-us
Jason280 Thanks for the tip on Rudy---I emailed him and he may have a solution!
Rudy will be a great help, I've bought two 9mm set ups from him already. I also got to play with a couple of his full-auto .45 carbine AR's, and they were a blast to shoot...if I wasn't already so heavily invested in the 9mm platform, I would certainly consider one of his DI .45 guns.
OH YEAH full auto 45 AR's are the BOMB!!!!! I bought 2500 rounds
I just received my new bull barrel---WOW Rudy at Macon armory is a magician!!!!
Awesome, glad he was able to help!
In this vid the 45 ACP is shot to 220 yards in a handgun, and 440 yards in a carbine.
Skip to about 12:00 for the carbine segment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDnsGe0QwhA
I think that video was a hoot
Since I got rudy's barrel now I actually have an extra barrel,upper receiver,and bolt carrier group--all Olympic arms factory --and I think I'll be offering them for sale incl.several oly mags