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Posted: 11/15/2018 8:10:56 PM EDT
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My 2007 Bushy A2 20" HBAR is spot on. Did I just get lucky?
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Posted: 11/15/2018 8:33:09 PM EDT
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One of the worst AR's I have even seen was an old-school Maine Bushmaster, early 90's with purple anodizing. That was just cosmetic, but the canted front sight that turned out to be the whole barrel indexed wrong and the locating pin put in about 15 degrees off. Guess what, the bolt was only about 25% locked up and it eventually sheared the lugs off the bolt. Neighbor brought it over for me to look at after "it was really loud last time I shot it" according to him. He had bought it new, probably put less than 1,000 rounds through it.
I did own a ban-era that had the AK-74 compensator on it. It had a full 16" barrel, so I was able to chuck it in a lathe and turn it down to removed the blind pin and put a regular flash hider after the sunset. It shot well, but I got rid of it and got a Colt 6920 in 2011. There was nothing wrong with that Bushmaster, and probably should have kept it and rebarreled it. |
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Posted: 11/16/2018 8:33:36 AM EDT
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My Bushmaster from the 90s worked very well. |
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Posted: 11/16/2018 9:07:49 AM EDT
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I've been assured by everyone here that Bushmaster is the same quality as KAC and therefore I've wasted my money
 
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Posted: 11/16/2018 9:53:50 AM EDT
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I still have my M4gery from circa 2001-2002 and it’s never given me trouble. Can’t speak for other production years. I had to remove the Mini-Y comp though because it made my ears bleed. Model “XM15-E2S-M4” Wiki 
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Posted: 11/16/2018 9:58:25 AM EDT
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My first AR was a Bushmaster 20" A3 HBAR, postban, and I beat that thing relentlessly. I thought it was a nice rifle.
I still have the lower, might make it into a nice SBR someday. ETA - I bought it sometime around 2002-03 IIRC. |
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Posted: 11/16/2018 10:07:48 AM EDT
[#7]
Hey Bushmaster, I bought a new gun from you in 2014, but bother didn't check it out to notice this obvious visual defect until 2018...
Hey Hey ect... They will get it First rule of buying any new gun is to CHECK IT OUT top to bottom BEFORE accepting it... Remember, YOU are the "Ultimate" Quality Control Inspector. |
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Posted: 11/16/2018 10:47:33 AM EDT
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Kris "Tanto" Paranto still uses his old school Bushmaster and took it through GRS quals.
After BM got bought up the garbage was being returned daily at Academy Sports according to the guy at my local AS gun counter. Bushmaster is advertising in the Outdoor Channel lately but they are nothing like the old company. |
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Posted: 11/16/2018 10:48:53 AM EDT
[#9]
I have a patrolman carbine made as they were transitioning of windam . Gun is solid
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Posted: 11/16/2018 11:14:35 AM EDT
[#10]
I had a bushmaster many, many years ago, and it was a great rifle. Based on the one I had, I would choose Bushmaster over one of the Colts that had that weird block inside the lower receiver.
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Posted: 11/16/2018 11:19:00 AM EDT
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My first AR was a Bushmaster XM15. Bought it in 2005. I still have it to this day, & I've never had an issue with it.
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Posted: 11/16/2018 11:21:16 AM EDT
[#12]
Bushmaster had a reputation for making non staked AR bolts and overall shoddiness. That’s what you got.
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Posted: 11/16/2018 11:22:25 AM EDT
[#13]
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Bushmaster had a reputation for making non staked AR bolts and overall shoddiness. That’s what you got. |
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Posted: 11/16/2018 11:28:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: at what point in time, though? Some of us have owned Bushmasters for nearly 20 years. Completely unstaked carrier key. I was far from the only one. I saw pictures online of dealers taking pictures of many at the same time and it was all the same---not enough material displaced to do a damn thing. |
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Posted: 11/16/2018 8:58:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Armalite, Bushmaster, Colt. (Or, Always Buy Colt  )I've got one Colt Hbar and at least two BM lowers, one with an Armalite mid-length carbine upper, one with a Compass Lake/Kreiger barrel upper. All three have been retrofitted with the CLE or BM 2 stage trigger. |
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Posted: 11/16/2018 9:17:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: at what point in time, though? Some of us have owned Bushmasters for nearly 20 years. At least that's about when mine was made. Non-staked BCG. Thousands of rounds without issue. It's my match rifle now and I'm leaving it unstaked because I'm curious how long it will go without being a problem. |
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Posted: 11/16/2018 9:20:18 PM EDT
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Bushmaster had a reputation for making non staked AR bolts and overall shoddiness. That’s what you got.  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/16/2018 9:28:18 PM EDT
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Bushmaster had a reputation for making non staked AR bolts and overall shoddiness. That’s what you got. |
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Posted: 11/16/2018 10:42:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/16/2018 10:45:43 PM EDT
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I haven't had one since 2004 (M4'gery) but that one was excellent....way more accurate than it should have been, and dead reliable.
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Posted: 11/16/2018 10:48:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't play the "my anecdote invalidates all the data" game. It's just that you have the data wrong. After 16 years here, I have never heard anyone bash the late-90s/early-00s-era Bushmasters for their quality. Are there better options today? Sure. But at the time, they were great and they certainly weren't bad. |
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Posted: 11/16/2018 11:07:14 PM EDT
[#22]
My 2004-2005 Maine Bushie is great, still one of my go to rifles.
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Posted: 11/16/2018 11:11:14 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryLook at this OP! That crooked FSB doesn't even have park under it!! That thing is gonna get you killlllllleddddddd!!!!!!!
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Posted: 11/16/2018 11:25:48 PM EDT
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I bought a Bushmaster Varminter in 2002. When I received it I could visually detect the barrel was canted to the right. Before I even fired it I contacted Bushmaster and they exchanged the upper with me and paid shipping both ways. Mistakes are made but it's what happens afterwards that counts.
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Posted: 11/16/2018 11:34:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The "chart" needs updating. things to come out of all the M4 replacement/HK 416 threads from some of the guys here involved in procurement, as well as Knights Armament is that HPT actually costs usable bolt life, by about 1/3 IIRC. Some have suggested that it be done away with entirely. |
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Posted: 11/16/2018 11:52:51 PM EDT
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I had an early 2000s Bushmaster that was an utterly reliable 3 MOA rifle.
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Posted: 11/17/2018 12:01:09 AM EDT
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Bushmaster had a reputation for making non staked AR bolts and overall shoddiness. That’s what you got. Because they DID have enough bolt carrier get out with staking that they were known for it. Like I said above, I have one. |
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Posted: 11/17/2018 12:02:26 AM EDT
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I contracted BRD from a Bushmaster in 2001. Yep, still iinfected to this day.
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Posted: 11/17/2018 12:07:37 AM EDT
[#29]
Sorry for your bad experience, but my old faithful beater gun is a Bushmaster since 2006 and it's been nothing but great.
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Posted: 11/20/2018 11:59:33 PM EDT
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Sorry for your bad experience, but my old faithful beater gun is a Bushmaster since 2006 and it's been nothing but great. |
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Posted: 11/21/2018 12:37:47 AM EDT
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Old BM put out some junk once in a while
Not Olympic level of shit , but seemed to have bad runs here and there . Worst I can remember was late 99 with Y2K and the CA awb looming I suspect they were just shoving shit out the door as fast as they could and figured fix it later Which they did . |
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