Possibly the best AR I've owned..

[Anzac15]

I have an SGW Model XM15 A1 manufactured in 1983. This is without doubt the most accurate, trouble free AR I've ever owned. Apparently these are pretty uncommon, if not particularly rare variants. Anyone else out there owned one? When my d**med Internet gets back up I'll post some pics.

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[Bill Hollinger]

I've had three of them. Back in the 80s I was buying Olympic Arms Schuetzen Gun Works (SGW) named after Brian Schuetz and had 13 at one time. I was buying them as parts kits and assembling them like it was cool! I have two Olympic Arms and two CMMG ARs. One CMMG is CMMG in receiver only and the top end, stock and guts are all Olympic Arms. I have always contended that Olympic was the best AR out there and that, I feel was the case at least until recently. I know there are a number of top quality AR makers out there now and CMMG is one. There are so many being made now that one can not keep up. In the last few years I have tried to purchase from Olympic Arms and they won't even talk to anyone from Kaliforniev anymore. They won't even ship and replacement roll pin here

The XM15 is a flame thrower when shooting in low light and the flash is so bad they make horrible entry guns.

[DaveHH]

It is from the early 80s. It is CNC made from a block of aluminum. It looks and is very robust. I had an Olympic 1/9 barrel on it for years but my reloads were not always seating well so I went back to the original Colt 1/12 chrome bore barrel it came with. With a RR trigger it shoots very well. With this barrel it feeds everything flawlessly. I just recently put the old Vietnam green triangular grips back on it but still keep the A2 stock because I'm a large one. Looks cool shoots great.

[gunner69]

Speaking of Palmetto, I just bought a stripped lower from them for $49.95 on sale. I think Aero Precission makes them for Palmetto. Looks great, nice finish. My project for today is to assemble it into a finished 6x45 (6mm x .223) 20" rifle. I have all the goodies to complete the build so barring any complications it should happen today.

My old select fire M-16 had a SGW lower on it. Never missed a beat...... but I sold it when I needed funds.