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Posted: 8/22/2005 1:11:32 PM EDT
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Yeah, it's one of these...
 
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Posted: 8/22/2005 1:13:15 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/22/2005 1:13:24 PM EDT
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AR-18 clone
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Posted: 8/22/2005 1:27:27 PM EDT
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Assuming that is yours do you like it? Is it a nice shooter? What did you pay for yours? |
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Posted: 8/22/2005 1:40:59 PM EDT
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No it's a Bushmaster Assault Rifle. They made them before they produced AR-15s. |
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Posted: 8/22/2005 2:42:05 PM EDT
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Very Intersting
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Posted: 8/22/2005 2:46:06 PM EDT
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Wow, it's a piston driven Bushy!
 Didn't they make these at about the same time they made their first bull pups? (Not the M17S) |
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Posted: 8/22/2005 2:48:26 PM EDT
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Isn't that the rifle Pacino used in Heat?
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Posted: 8/22/2005 2:49:57 PM EDT
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It's literraly called the Bushmaster Assault Rifle. Outgrowth of their 'arm rifle' that was really just a bullpup slash pistol setup.
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Posted: 8/22/2005 3:00:34 PM EDT
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that's a double gooberETA: at least you didnt ask if it was Colts SCAR submission.....
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Posted: 8/22/2005 3:58:58 PM EDT
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This rifle was designed by Mac Gwinn in the 70s, before Colt's patent to the AR15 design had expired. The same was true with the Bushmaster ARM Pistol. At the time, Quality Parts sold AR15 parts and these two firearms. Eventually, Quality Parts became Bushmaster Firearms, and Bushmaster began selling complete AR15-type rifles. The early rifles were built on Essential Arms lower receivers, until Bushmaster brought their own forged lowers online.
-Troy |
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Posted: 8/22/2005 4:46:57 PM EDT
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looks like a galil with a major birth defect.
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Posted: 8/24/2005 6:49:44 AM EDT
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Sorry - I was away yesterday... Yes, it's mine and it's a great shooter. I've had it for years & never had any problems out of it. It came with both lowers in the picture (the upper is the serialized/registered receiver on this weapon - not the lower). It uses AR mags, grips, and some internals - but the receivers, etc. are not compatible. I didn't "buy" mine, so the cost question is a little convoluted - I traded a Beretta shotgun for it years ago (I had about $300 in the shotgun). I don't have any idea what they go for these days. |
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Posted: 8/24/2005 7:02:00 AM EDT
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Yes, we were building gas piston AR-variation rifles all the way back in the 70's.I guess if you hang around long enough, you see things come full circle.
Funny thing though, after all that experience with pistons, we don't seem to be very keen on using them now. Mack has been talking about maybe coming out with a newer variation of the old Bushmaster arm pistol and maybe the rifle too. Don't know if he'll actually do it, or not. The arm pistol is a very cool firearm, if you get used to the way it works. It really gives a rifle-type shooting stability with a very short and compact gun. |
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