AR Sponsor
Posted: 9/22/2008 1:08:00 PM EDT
|
are the bushmaster carbon 15's any good? would they hold up to serious abuses? or mostly a range toy? |
| Never owned or shot one but I handled one a couple of weeks ago at the gun store. It was very light ( the purpose I guess) but felt fragile to me. I haven't read on here all of the stories of failures/sucesses because I am not interested in owning one but just got the idea that it was just a novelty gun. |
Heck, I'm curious too. I own 13 bushmaster's rifles and lowers and would hate to think that as an ARFCOM Industry Partner they (Bushmaster) would be manufacturing and selling "toys" and merely novelty firearms. I thought that the cracked lower problems were already addressed by Bushmasters new production and QA. There are threads in this forum discussing this. What the fuck do I know. It's funny to read the many posts of folks wanting a lighter AR15 platform, spending hundreds of dollars on lighter barrels, rails, magazines...and when the opportunity presents itself with innovation they underestimate the concept entirely....specially if it's not part of the mainstream. If one doesn't have the same boring shit as everyone else then it must be a "novelty". For the fuckers who just have a few guns may be fine but I have almost every firearm platform out there in the market and find myself listening to the same shit about every gun in every gun forum. IT'S PRETTY FUCKED UP...  |
|
Now that they're made by Bushmaster, and the internals were improved a bit, I don't see how they couldn't take alot of punishment if they needed to. Edit for the 97 series: I hear the quick-detach compensator CAN come off in long strings of firing, but it's not huge problem. |
sike
fdkay, That Carbon, PMAGS, Glocks, Springfields, FNs, polymer framed pistols, etc will never meet "your" industry standard is not important, IMO. What's important, to many of us, is that there is a huge demand and market for polymers... ...attracting new gun-owners to the industry. For some of us that's what's important.  |
|
OK, I've got one of these beasties also. It is light, it is well balanced and I don't trust it as far as I can throw it............... Now with that said, my main issues are: 1. The bolt/recoil assembly does not give me confidence. The recoil spring is really limp and the "carbon fiber" in high wear areas is starting to fray/delaminate. 2. We are not talking polymer technology of the caliber of PMAGS or GLOCKS. If you treat it like a PMAG or a GLOCK it is going to break structurally. The above is my opinion from use and abuse and a lot of teardowns and cleanings. woofe |
I think you missed my point. Main Entry: sar·casm Pronunciation: \ˈsär-ˌka-zəm\ Function: noun Etymology: French or Late Latin; French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmos, from Greek sarkasmos, from sarkazein to tear flesh, bite the lips in rage, sneer, from sark-, sarx flesh; probably akin to Avestan thwarəs- to cut Date: 1550 1: a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain2 a: a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual b: the use or language of sarcasm In other words, I was just joshin' 
|
I apologize if I misunderstood you.  Your right, in restrospect, it's pretty funny. I just find myself on "automatic pilot" defending every freaking gun and accessories these guys talk about in this and every other gun forum. I just would hate that potential new gun owners, reading these forums, would be discouraged to go out and buy a gun. We need more people for the cause.  |
AR Sponsor