Greetings,
I surfed onto this USER REVIEW this morning and was so impressed that I joined the forum!
Aside from newbie welcome post, this is my first post.

I had 20 years of BLACK RIFLES 86-06, that is enough for me. I purchased a 300 rounds only mintie lightly used A-O carbine a few weeks back from a fellow BLACKHORSE Trooper. I am looking fwd to shooting the cbn soon. A quick call to A-O revealed my weapon as OCT 2012. I will be making a review using this impressive thread as something to emulate! Or I could add comments here if more relevant.

Thank you so much for posting the in-depth comments. Things to look for (loose gas nut) are greatly appreciated. If you need pics or anything that I can supply to add to your topic since there is a lot of overlap between A-O and "Inland" that I'd be happy to oblige!