Many people and organizations have been critical of Olympic Arms for not securing a copy of these records elsewhere, or keeping an electronic file of this data as an emergency back up. We CANNOT provide you with the date the serial number was shipped, we CANNOT provide you with information determining whether a particular serial number was a factory assembled firearm, and most importantly, we CANNOT determine whether or not your particular serial number is a legal grandfathered pre-ban firearm. This is an unfortunate situation that severely limits our ability to provide product information for any and all AR-15 lower receivers andor complete guns manufactured prior to that date.Īs a result all that we can provide is what you see below, a date range in which your serial number was manufactured. These books, over 25 years of Olympic Arms history and data, were completely destroyed in that fire.Īll A D book records prior to the 7th of June, 2000 are GONE. The books that we, as well as all federally licensed firearms dealers are required to keep are commonly known as Bound Books, or AD (acquisition distribution) books.
In those offices were housed our current as well as archival records with regards to manufacture, acquisition and distribution of firearms. Please read all of the details on this page because there are many questions answered in the following paragraphs.Īs many of you already know, on the 7th of June, 2000, Olympic Arms experienced a devastating fire that destroyed our sales offices. Use the information in this page to help determine when your Olympic Arms AR 15 was produced. OLYMPIC ARMS What does my serial number have to do with a PRE BAN AR 15 Q: What does my serial number mean A: Nothing is more frustrating than to know little or nothing about the firearm you own or are about to buy. If you have a lower of from one of the lesser known brands and have managed to verify the date to the serial number please add your info to the comments and I will add it to the master list. If anyone has more information and links please post them at the bottom and I will update the list.
While I dont normally advocate borrowing content from other websites I feel this information is invaluable and needs to be protected, duplicated and shared for the greater good of the shooting community. If there is only one date listed after the serial numbers in column 2 andor 2, all of those numbers were manufactured on that same day. Colt Ar 15 Post Ban S Series Are Divided.
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