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Posted: 1/1/2015 1:06:38 AM EDT
Didn't know Bushmaster was still producing A2s, but looks like they just came out with a batch. Hard to beat $565 SHIPPED for a complete AR (about half its MSRP), esp for an A2 which are commanding a premium these days!!
http://grabagun.com/bushmaster-a2-223-16-m4a2-30rd.html Manufacturer's number show's it to have their 16" M4 profile chrome lined barrel. Has a listed weight of 6.7 lbs. 
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Posted: 1/1/2015 9:17:01 AM EDT
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Hell thats worth putting away as an investment for the next gunban scare!
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Posted: 1/1/2015 9:46:43 AM EDT
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Nice rifle for that money...
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Posted: 1/1/2015 9:51:19 AM EDT
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Wish I wasn't tapped out on my gun money, this Christmas was an optics season so it took quite the beating...
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Posted: 1/1/2015 2:33:28 PM EDT
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Yeah, it's crazy. I bet that same gun went for the same amount of money 10 years ago. Maybe more money.
That's a nice carbine. I wonder if that barrel is LW under the handguards. I would think so with that listed weight. |
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Posted: 1/1/2015 4:52:03 PM EDT
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The price is right but it's too bad it's a Freedom Group Bushmaster instead of a better quality brand. Have to assume it's basically a DPMS with a different roll mark.
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Posted: 1/1/2015 8:48:42 PM EDT
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Yeah, it's crazy. I bet that same gun went for the same amount of money 10 years ago. Maybe more money. That's a nice carbine. I wonder if that barrel is LW under the handguards. I would think so with that listed weight. The M4 barrels are lightweight under the handguards, hence the listed weight. 10 years ago, your average basic AR was averaging $800 a pop. Prices have gone down a long way due to supply and demand. However, even in this market that is a great buy. Especially for the almost non existent new production A2 rifles. |
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Posted: 1/1/2015 8:58:06 PM EDT
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Is there a quality issue with these since they might be made by Cerberus? I have not shopped for an ar15 in a while and bushmaster used to be good stuff?
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Posted: 1/1/2015 10:07:07 PM EDT
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The quality has definitely gone down since WW was producing them. I have seen, and heard of, new bushmasters hitting the shelves with improperly aligned flash hiders, etc. However, that doesn't mean you'll get a bad gun or a lemon.
If you want to get an A2 style carbine, you'd be hard pressed to find and build the parts for as cheap as this complete gun, even buying off the EE. If it was an HBAR, it would be less desirable to me, but the fact that it has an M4 profile barrel in conjunction with the A2 upper makes it very tempting. |
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Posted: 1/28/2015 1:50:51 PM EDT
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Back in stock!
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Posted: 1/28/2015 10:03:46 PM EDT
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I wonder what the barrel twist rate is on these carbines...
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Posted: 1/28/2015 10:11:07 PM EDT
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Yeah, it's crazy. I bet that same gun went for the same amount of money 10 years ago. Maybe more money. That's a nice carbine. I wonder if that barrel is LW under the handguards. I would think so with that listed weight. More. I bought my first Bushmaster in 1997. It was the same configuration as this, other than mine had that ear-blasting AK brake Bushie used back then because of the 1994 AWB. Anyway, price was $650, which was the cheapest I could find in CO at the time. |
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Posted: 1/28/2015 10:22:00 PM EDT
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The M4 barrels are lightweight under the handguards, hence the listed weight. 10 years ago, your average basic AR was averaging $800 a pop. Prices have gone down a long way due to supply and demand. However, even in this market that is a great buy. Especially for the almost non existent new production A2 rifles. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yeah, it's crazy. I bet that same gun went for the same amount of money 10 years ago. Maybe more money. That's a nice carbine. I wonder if that barrel is LW under the handguards. I would think so with that listed weight. The M4 barrels are lightweight under the handguards, hence the listed weight. 10 years ago, your average basic AR was averaging $800 a pop. Prices have gone down a long way due to supply and demand. However, even in this market that is a great buy. Especially for the almost non existent new production A2 rifles. That was my first AR 10 years ago. I paid $799 for it. |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 7:32:00 AM EDT
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I wonder what the barrel twist rate is on these carbines... According to few vendor sources like Joe Bob's, Bud's and CTD, it's a 1/9 barrel. Incredibly BM has very little info on their site. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 9:43:35 AM EDT
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The M4 barrels are lightweight under the handguards, hence the listed weight. 10 years ago, your average basic AR was averaging $800 a pop. Prices have gone down a long way due to supply and demand. However, even in this market that is a great buy. Especially for the almost non existent new production A2 rifles. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yeah, it's crazy. I bet that same gun went for the same amount of money 10 years ago. Maybe more money. That's a nice carbine. I wonder if that barrel is LW under the handguards. I would think so with that listed weight. The M4 barrels are lightweight under the handguards, hence the listed weight. 10 years ago, your average basic AR was averaging $800 a pop. Prices have gone down a long way due to supply and demand. However, even in this market that is a great buy. Especially for the almost non existent new production A2 rifles. I have a A2 carbine identical to this one I bought after coming home from 2009 deployment, I think I paid $900. I really thought back then that we would never see a no frills AR for below $800 ever again. |
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Posted: 2/6/2015 11:07:30 PM EDT
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14.5 pinned and I'd be really interested. M4 carbines with 16" barrels always look like I need to adjust my screen stretch or something...
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Posted: 2/6/2015 11:18:25 PM EDT
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Bushmaster XM-15 M4A2 Type Patrolman 5.56/.223 16-inch 30rd Share on twitter More Sharing Services $949.93 Is this the one? Looks like it might have been a mistake, this is the price on that link now. |
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Posted: 2/6/2015 11:31:39 PM EDT
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I'd rather have a Windham for a few dollars more.
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Posted: 2/7/2015 12:32:50 AM EDT
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Bushmaster XM-15 M4A2 Type Patrolman 5.56/.223 16-inch 30rd Share on twitter More Sharing Services $949.93 Is this the one? Looks like it might have been a mistake, this is the price on that link now. Bummer of a mistake, the price in the OP is/was a screaming deal. |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 11:24:56 AM EDT
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Bummer of a mistake, the price in the OP is/was a screaming deal. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Bushmaster XM-15 M4A2 Type Patrolman 5.56/.223 16-inch 30rd Share on twitter More Sharing Services $949.93 Is this the one? Looks like it might have been a mistake, this is the price on that link now. Bummer of a mistake, the price in the OP is/was a screaming deal. Yeah, I know, I was looking to buy another one when I first opened this post, Hell, the price in the first post was less than I paid for mine 10 years ago, but mine came with a plastic case. |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 1:18:08 PM EDT
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I guess if you want a good deal on a Bushmaster right now, I would tell you to look for the model with the C7 upper with A1 rear sight, forward assist
and shell deflector with 14.5 1/9 barrel and permanent phantom flash hider. I picked one up recently for 604.00 out the door and that is after 10% sales tax. I don't know if they are all priced like that or if I just got a screaming deal, but I'm passing it on if anyone is interested. |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 3:37:35 PM EDT
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I guess if you want a good deal on a Bushmaster right now, I would tell you to look for the model with the C7 upper with A1 rear sight, forward assist and shell deflector with 14.5 1/9 barrel and permanent phantom flash hider. I picked one up recently for 604.00 out the door and that is after 10% sales tax. I don't know if they are all priced like that or if I just got a screaming deal, but I'm passing it on if anyone is interested. I don't believe that configuration is produced any longer. |
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Posted: 2/9/2015 4:39:10 PM EDT
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I guess if you want a good deal on a Bushmaster right now, I would tell you to look for the model with the C7 upper with A1 rear sight, forward assist and shell deflector with 14.5 1/9 barrel and permanent phantom flash hider. I picked one up recently for 604.00 out the door and that is after 10% sales tax. I don't know if they are all priced like that or if I just got a screaming deal, but I'm passing it on if anyone is interested. That was my first AR. Add a CAR stock and you have a 723 clone easy-peasy. Do you have a link to the special or was it a gunshop find? |
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Posted: 2/11/2015 12:59:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That was my first AR. Add a CAR stock and you have a 723 clone easy-peasy. Do you have a link to the special or was it a gunshop find? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I guess if you want a good deal on a Bushmaster right now, I would tell you to look for the model with the C7 upper with A1 rear sight, forward assist and shell deflector with 14.5 1/9 barrel and permanent phantom flash hider. I picked one up recently for 604.00 out the door and that is after 10% sales tax. I don't know if they are all priced like that or if I just got a screaming deal, but I'm passing it on if anyone is interested. That was my first AR. Add a CAR stock and you have a 723 clone easy-peasy. Do you have a link to the special or was it a gunshop find? |
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Posted: 2/11/2015 5:33:24 PM EDT
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Gunshop find, and that is exactly why I bought it and what I did. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I guess if you want a good deal on a Bushmaster right now, I would tell you to look for the model with the C7 upper with A1 rear sight, forward assist and shell deflector with 14.5 1/9 barrel and permanent phantom flash hider. I picked one up recently for 604.00 out the door and that is after 10% sales tax. I don't know if they are all priced like that or if I just got a screaming deal, but I'm passing it on if anyone is interested. That was my first AR. Add a CAR stock and you have a 723 clone easy-peasy. Do you have a link to the special or was it a gunshop find? Great minds think alike!
After toying with a commercial CAR stock, I now have a Colt N stock and a 4-pos tube on the way for it. Simple, handy little carbine. Love it. |
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Posted: 2/12/2015 12:45:14 PM EDT
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I'd rather have a Windham for a few dollars more. What he said, as Windham is the original Bushy, made on same machines as old Bushmaster, by a lot of the same people. |
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Posted: 2/12/2015 12:50:06 PM EDT
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Didn't know Bushmaster was still producing A2s, but looks like they just came out with a batch. Hard to beat $565 SHIPPED for a complete AR (about half its MSRP), esp for an A2 which are commanding a premium these days!! http://grabagun.com/bushmaster-a2-223-16-m4a2-30rd.html Manufacturer's number show's it to have their 16" M4 profile chrome lined barrel. Has a listed weight of 6.7 lbs. http://www.birminghampistol.com/images/DSC_000525.jpg http://www.birminghampistol.com/images/DSC_000125.jpg http://www.birminghampistol.com/images/DSC_000726.jpg I dont see 565.00 carbine but see a 900.00 plus gun. |
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Posted: 2/13/2015 12:08:11 PM EDT
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You snooze you loose.
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Posted: 2/17/2015 8:41:09 PM EDT
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Love these guns but read the comments on new Bushmaster products and chose to build my own. Plus I wanted a fixed stock. Still waiting on a few parts.
Rock River A2 upper $125.00 (yeah that was too much, should've shopped around more) Rock River rear sight missing index screw from ebay $30 Rear sight index screw $3.00 Upper receiver kit $21.00 Sabre Defense BCG $90 Charging handle $14.00 DPMS delta ring and barrel nut $16.00 PSA melonite M4 profile carbine barrel on sale $94.00 PSA glacier guard $0 (not the ones in the attached pic) Used Colt gas block $40.00 Muzzle break $0 DD gas tube $15.00 Anderson lower receiver $55 Anderson lower kit $49 Army surplus A2 stock $10 UTG A2 stock purchased for parts $59 Total $621.00 but would've been $561.00 had I used a DPMS A2 upper from CDNN Sports http://i.imgur.com/d8CKPYe.jpg |
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Posted: 2/18/2015 8:05:43 AM EDT
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Wow, I can't believe you got free shipping on all those parts...
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Posted: 2/18/2015 9:15:06 AM EDT
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Wow, I can't believe you got free shipping on all those parts... Most of its was free shipping on ebay and Amazon Prime or gun show pick ups. I did pay shipping to Rock Island for the upper. I buy so much on ebay I look for free shipping. |
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