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One of the (many) beauties of the AR platform is the almost endless variety of configurations that are possible. For example, a 5.56mm plinker or target model can quickly and inexpensively be converted to a great hunting gun by simply swapping out the uppers, producing a Rifle similar to this K8-MAG in .25 WSSM.

Olympic Arms makes a comprehensive array of ARs in many calibers that are suitable for hunting, target shooting, home defense, and law enforcement. Here are, at top, a 16-inch barreled model K16 in 5.56mm. and, below, the “Target-Match” model K8 with a 20-inch barrel. Both models feature stainless steel barrels with a 1:9-inch twist.

Then, as if by divine guidance, I happened upon the Olympic Arms exhibit. Affable Tom Spithaler thrust out his hand and said, “Hi, what can I help you with?” Tom is Olympic’s Sales Director, and as such is a veritable walking encyclopedia on their ARs. I gave him my by now well-rehearsed spiel: no sights, target-type barrel, 9-inch twist, nice trigger, and a cost that didn’t break the bank. I explained that I was a merely recreational shooter (that’s gun writer code for “clod-busting plinker”).