Ati Omni Maxx P3p Hybrid Ar-15 300 Aac Blackout Reviews

With President Obama's election a few years back and the Great Attack Weapon Scare of 2012, there was a ton of demand for AR-15 rifles. The shortage eventually got to the betoken where information technology started making economic sense for companies to make plastic receivers instead of taking all that time to factory out an aluminum forging. But with the use of plastic instead of aluminum, you lose some of the rigidity and forcefulness that made the firearm usable. Enter the hybrid lower receiver, where a small cake of metal is molded into the receiver itself to strengthen it. Some companies accept done this well. Unfortunately, ATI is not one of them . . .

The concept backside the "hybrid" design is to strengthen the weakest part of the AR's receiver: the rear, where the buffer tube screws into place. This one little section is subject to the highest strain in the entire gun, since this small flap of material needs to go on everything in line as the bolt carrier group is slammed into the buffer and reciprocates as the action cycles.

And speaking of pocket-sized parts, the threads that hold the buffer tube in place can easily get stripped with enough utilize. Every bit Cody Wilson plant out when he was building his 3D-printed lower receivers, this ane area is the easiest to crevice or damage if you're using sub-standard materials. So rather than relying simply on the plastic to go along everything together, ATI slipped a small block of metal into that area to reinforce the colonnade.

Emphasis on "small."

Not likewise long agone we reviewed another polymer hybrid AR-15, one from Mean Arms. Their aluminum block had two pins holding information technology in place and keeping it from rotating (the takedown pin and the safety selector) and was chunky plenty to beat someone to death with. ATI'south metal insert has only one pin to continue information technology from flexing, and the attachment point for the receiver extension isn't even as hefty as an original AR-15's. The upshot is pretty obvious.

Simply looking at it, the fit and cease on the rifle is pretty hit-and-miss. The upper and lower receiver halves don't match upward even in the slightest, and the area where the metal insert is molded into the gun has errant $.25 of plastic in it. Elsewhere on the gun you can tell that it'southward meant for "budget witting" individuals — all of the parts are from either bottom shelf or at least of mediocre design. The forend is a not-free floating quad runway, which looks and feels bulky. The stock and grip are typical "upkeep" M4-style parts. And the trigger has no interruption, it just rolls very heavily direct to the sear with no warning.

Only there are some things I like nearly the receiver design, also.

The trigger guard is molded into the residual of the gun, and flared nicely to permit even the chubbiest of sausage-like digits to get at the bangswitch. The magazine well is flared only enough to be helpful, merely not enough to be annoying. And the overall appearance of the lower receiver is a nice design, something different from the typical AR-xv to be sure.

Out on the range, though, things went bad.

Straight out of the box, the gun didn't work right. Every rifle I've tested, from the PWS Mk114 right down to the JR Carbine, can run for at least a few magazines without additional lubrication. ATI's Omni, on the other hand, failed to bicycle a single round. The gun would burn, just the commodities carrier would never get far enough back to load a new cartridge. Even with a "normal" corporeality of lubrication — the same level I give all my other "known good" guns — the rifle wouldn't cycle. It was only when the rifle was absolutely dripping wet with lube to the point that it was leaking around the charging handle and down my hand that it would cycle somewhat reliably.

Unfortunately while nosotros have a GoPro video camera, the boring motility characteristic wasn't sufficient to pick up on the reason why the gun needs then much lube, only I have a theory. The Omni'southward metal insert seems designed simply to reinforce the threads in the buffer tube and not much more. There's still quite a fleck of plastic used as structural components in that area of the gun, and plastic has a tendency to stretch and deform nether pressure.

I get the feeling that as the gun is firing, the recoil impulse is causing the gun to buckle upwards at the buffer tube pillar, pinching the bolt carrier as it passes from the upper receiver into the buffer tube. This pinching adds friction, which slows the commodities carrier and keeps it from cycling properly. The fact that adding lube to the mix fixes the effect seems to confirm my suspicions, and the massive build-up of lube in that expanse of the gun helps as well.

Something that The Firearm Blog reported and I can confirm is that the gun besides doesn't want to lock back subsequently the last round is fired from a magazine. The bolt catch on the gun tends to rotate out of position and slip behind the follower instead of being raised by information technology, possibly caused past the mag well existence out of spec. Magazines tended to jerk in the ATI Omni more other firearms, and then while they seated firmly and properly and were held in place well, they moved dorsum and along quite a bit nether recoil.

On the range, the best the gun can muster (even using match grade 55gr rounds from Hornady) is nigh three.5 MoA. The reason for the inaccuracy is some combination of the terrible trigger, a "meh" butt, and a non-free-floating rail. Accept your pick, actually.

The ATI Omni is a budget burglarize designed for penny-pinching shooters, just it fails to impress in most every regard. It doesn't function, it feels crappy, and it shoots at all-time "infinitesimal of pie plate." For my money, I'd suggest that you avoid this gun and go with something like the S&W M&P15 Sport. That'southward the $650-ish AR-fifteen our homo Ben Shotzberger gave a v star rating back in the day. Information technology's still the one to beat at the lower end of the toll spectrum in my book. If you have a few more dollars, the Mossberg MMR is virtually $700 on the street and has all of the same features as this model of the ATI Omni — rail included. Or, if you lot actually want a hybrid AR-xv, go for the Hateful Arms rifle.

Specifications:

Chamber: 5.56 NATO
Barrel: 16″
Capacity:Ships with 30 round magazines, where applicable
MSRP: $659.95 ($399 at 1800GunsAndAmmo)

Ratings (Out of V Stars):
All ratings are relative compared to the other weapons in the gun'southward category. Overall rating is not mathematically derived from the previous component ratings and encompasses all aspects of the firearm including those not discussed.

Accuracy: *
It hit the target. That'south almost the best thing I can say almost the accuracy.

Ergonomics: *
The handguards are mesomorphic and uncomfortable, the stock is very 1990's, and the charging handle is far too small for the amount of force you demand to crack the action open.

Reliability: *
The gun only runs when it is completely drenched in lube, like Paris Hilton washing a motorcar for a Carl's Jr. commercial drenched. And even and so it won't e'er lock open later the last round is fired.

Customization: * * * *
At that place'south a lot of rail infinite and nearly of the parts are even so standard and swappable with any other AR-15.

Overall: *
ATI makes some not bad stuff, merely this is not one of their meliorate offerings.

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Source: https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/gun-review-ati-omni-hybrid-polymer-ar-15/

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