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1/23/2004 9:07:09 AM EDT
I'm looking to get an M4 A3 rifle and I wanted to get opinions on the differences between Colt and Bushmaster.  Most retailers say the Bushmaster is just as good (some say even better) but costs less because you are not paying for the "Colt" name.  Are you really only paying more for the Colt name, or is there some other difference.

Mark
1/23/2004 9:39:41 AM EDT
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or is there some other difference.
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This one's been done to death.

[url]http://ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=66&t=163592[/url]

[url]http://64.177.53.248/ubb/Forum56/HTML/000497.html[/url]

A quick pass through SEARCH will turn up dozens more.
1/23/2004 9:51:40 AM EDT
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Tweak, I don't think Marco_Polo has search capabilities unless he's a paying member.  [:)]

Welcome, Marco_Polo!  Read Tweak's response in the first link he provided (I think he's the 5th poster on that thread).  

After reading that, decide what price tag you would put on a Colt over a Bushmaster barrel.  You have to decide if the QC and other points Tweak makes in the thread are worth the price difference.

I'm a Bushmaster man (for the most part), myself.  I like the 4150 steel, chrome lining and the QC has been okay for me so far.  Again, just my opinion.  Read the threads Tweak suggested.  [:D]

1/23/2004 10:07:53 AM EDT
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Tweak, I don't think Marco_Polo has search capabilities unless he's a paying member.
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None at all? I thought they had access to a limited version of SEARCH. Sounds like a good reason to pony up the $.
1/23/2004 10:38:39 AM EDT
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[:D]
1/23/2004 10:42:32 AM EDT
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Tweak, I don't think Marco_Polo has search capabilities unless he's a paying member.
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Sounds like a good reason to pony up the $.

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If you can't get $20 in value a year from this site you aren't buying much.

5sub
1/23/2004 10:44:54 AM EDT
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Chevy
1/23/2004 10:50:26 AM EDT
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non paying members CAN search, link on top underlined.  Can only search once a minute but can search.  
1/23/2004 10:51:45 AM EDT
[#8]
Oh goody, another one of "these" threads.

I'll just save others the trouble and post a few common responses:

- "Colt, everything else is just a copy"

- [size=6][b]"BUSHMASTER!!!"[/b][/size=6]

- "Rock River Arms"

[;D]
1/23/2004 11:05:13 AM EDT
[#9]
Well said M4Arc,

[dusts off hands]

"Move it along, nothing to see."

1/23/2004 11:34:13 AM EDT
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Well said M4Arc,

[dusts off hands]

"Move it along, nothing to see."

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[:D]
1/23/2004 11:41:49 AM EDT
[#11]
Bushmaster

Aimpoint

KAC

Coke

There all done.

1/23/2004 11:52:57 AM EDT
[#12]
M4arc...close but NO cigar.....:)


COLT, If It Isn't A Colt, Its Just A Copy

1/23/2004 2:54:26 PM EDT
[#13]
Marco, at least you didn't ask this on your [i]first[/i] post [;)].

Ummm, Colt.
1/23/2004 3:21:42 PM EDT
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M4arc...close but NO cigar.....:)


COLT, If It Isn't A Colt, Its Just A Copy

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I stand corrected [;)]
1/23/2004 4:06:59 PM EDT
[#15]
I like Bushmaster too but I'd like to buy one in Colt just to see the difference. People say their finish and QC is top-notch!
1/23/2004 4:48:43 PM EDT
[#16]
Cant go wrong with either one. I personally have two Colts but I wouldn't mind having a Bushmaster.
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