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Posted: 2/5/2013 10:44:43 AM EDT
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Bushmaster. They're essentially the same thing since Freedom Group, as others have pointed out, but the Bushmaster will have higher resale when you decide to arbitrarily "upgrade" a functional rifle when you get sick of getting made fun of on the internet. ~Augee This, or in the 50% that hate both... |
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Posted: 2/5/2013 10:46:04 AM EDT
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Bushmaster
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Posted: 2/5/2013 3:30:47 PM EDT
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Bushmaster. They're essentially the same thing since Freedom Group, as others have pointed out, but the Bushmaster will have higher resale when you decide to arbitrarily "upgrade" a functional rifle when you get sick of getting made fun of on the internet. ~Augee Well That's it. Anyone who owns a Bushmaster are not allowed to play with all the rich kids. |
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Posted: 2/5/2013 3:44:51 PM EDT
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I own both. I have what started as a Bushmaster ORC. It has run flawless through thousands of rounds. I have a DPMS Bull barrel upper that has run flawless as well on top of both a Spikes lower and the Bushy Lower. It shoots 10 shot groups less than 1/2 inch at 100 yds with PMC bronze very impressed with the accuracy of the upper. I just recently like just after Christmas ran across the DPMS sportical in WalMart and picked it up for $570 had there not been a panic buying spree going on i would have walked right buy but I seen it and said what the hell. I haven't even taken the tag off the trigger guard yet. Fit and finish are good nothing about the gun strikes me as poor quality but I have not shot it so only time will tell. I am however not a huge fan of the slick side upper it just looks funny to me.
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Posted: 2/5/2013 3:45:49 PM EDT
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This thread should be interesting, and you'll probably find that about 50% favor, one, 50% favor the other, and 50% hate them both  Not quite. 
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Posted: 2/5/2013 3:50:19 PM EDT
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bushy
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Posted: 2/5/2013 3:57:18 PM EDT
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I've owned maybe 8 or 10 Bushys since 1986 and have never had a problem with any of them.
I've owned 6 or 8 Colt's and never had a problem with them. I've owned 1 LMT and had a problem with it. I don't believe DPMS is using 4150 barrel steel like Bushy. They are still using 4140 as is Rock River and quite a few others. |
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Posted: 2/6/2013 5:32:21 AM EDT
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Bushmaster. They're essentially the same thing since Freedom Group, as others have pointed out, but the Bushmaster will have higher resale when you decide to arbitrarily "upgrade" a functional rifle when you get sick of getting made fun of on the internet. ~Augee Well That's it. Anyone who owns a Bushmaster are not allowed to play with all the rich kids. Being rich (I am most certainly not) has nothing to do with it. I would pick a used high quality rifle over a brand new lesser rifle any day, at approximately the same cost for a savvy shopper. ~Augee |
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Posted: 2/6/2013 5:46:48 AM EDT
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I voted Shrubmaster. Save a little more and buy a dd bcm better rifle.
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Posted: 2/6/2013 5:48:20 AM EDT
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I realize that the two do not honor respect from pompous asses that consider Rock River the bare minimum of acceptability to even be a member of this forum. If it helps to garner even the slightest amount of respectability, I do own a Sig Sauer M400. My income level allows me to afford whatever I want or need, I am blessed for this, but there are some that can not afford to put out for a RRA Pro-Series Elite? Does that mean that forum members should excoriate them? Bottom line, the gun stores around here are not jam packed with H&K’s, Sig’s, or Rock Rivers, the shelves are empty. I simply wanedt to pick up an extra AR, and these were the two that I could come up with and I wanted some advice from forum members as to which I should buy. Sure that is understandable. Neither brand is that great. Nobody should be excoriating you, by the same token don;t ask people's opinions if you don't actually want to hear them. |
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Posted: 2/6/2013 10:15:09 AM EDT
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Get a dartboard. When FAG bought both companies they moved the factory, replaced the workers and left the DPMS team in place. The disposed of Bushmaster team started - http://www.windhamweaponry.com/ - a new company building quality AR's in the old Bushmaster factory. All 3 companies produce AR's that work - DPMS has been innovative in calibers and available upper configurations. Bushmaster has been hit a bit by the bean counters of FAG/REM. Windham produces a limited number of quality firearms. Remember the M16/AR15 is designed to be simple in standard configurations. You really can make a bad decision in todays market if you stay with a factory model that has a good warranty. Bushmaster would concern me a bit as they are up for sale and who knows who will buy them.
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