Oly Plinker or Dpms A-15

[plinker]

WTB my first AR . What would be a better choice , the Oly Plinker or the Dpms A-15 for $ 100 more. I have heard good things about Olympic but not much about Dpms. Thanx in advance Plinker.

[imanaknut]

If you want to stay around the $500 mark, the Plinker is the only game in town. I just bought one and it is a nice rifle, but... If you are after a more pure AR-15, I highly recommend a Bushmaster. Yes they are $200 more (many are available for $700), but you are buying a true mil-spec rifle. As you can guess, I have a Bushmaster as well, and it is great, but I have to admit that the Oly feels almost like every other AR that I have shouldered. The biggest difference is the receiver. The Plinker is cast and has a slightly different feel. It also has a non-chrome-lined barrel and according to some should be more accurate. Haven't had a chance to try the Oly yet because of our wonderful weather (global warming my @#@), but my Bushy is a tack driver.

As for the DPMS, I do not have any experience with them, but for what it's worth, my FFL has reported that she has had to return a few of them for repairs. She will not tell me what was wrong though, but I suspect that there are returnable ones made by everyone.

Sorry for getting so wordy.

[ironmann700]

I have not had the pleasure to shoot either one, however if those were my choices I would get the dpms. Remember you get what you pay for.

Ironmann

[SilverBurr]

I have a DPMS, Bushmaster and a Armalite. All three are about the same quality. Actually the finish on the DPMS maybe a little better than the others, it's quite nice.

Get the DPMS, you won't be sorry.

[recon]

Just saw a DPMS AR-15 Carbine NIB for $599 from Kieslers wholesale.
www.kieslersonline.com

[sonicman1634]

I just bought my DPMS M4 type rifle monday. Wont get to shoot it till next monday though(only day off). It appears to be built pretty good so ill test the accuracy on monday.

[plinker]

Thanks for the input guys. I decided to spend the extra cash and go for the Bushmaster XM15-E2s. ( to show solidarity with Bushmaster also) The only bad thing is that my ffl called me today to inform me that AIM was out of them and that i will have to wait 2-3 weeks. Bummer!

[recon]

Worth the wait!

[plinker]

After a 3 week wait i finally got my rifle(bushy 20" hbar). Cant wait to go and shoot it. It has a little play between upper and lower but hear it is normal. The buttstock texure and color is different than the handguard i guess that is normal also. An orlite mag i had did not go all the way in. A few minutes with a dremel fixed the problem. I will try some UMC 223 and see how it works.