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Posted: 5/16/2009 3:59:48 PM EDT
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All yesterday at work I was hoping for nice weather today, so maybe I could get to the range and get some shooting in.
I wanted to break in my Bushmaster XM-15, which I've had for awhile now and never shot yet. Sure enough, as soon as I leave work yesterday, it starts to cloud up, and then rains cats and dogs all night here. My usual luck. Oh well. Rain continues throughout the morning, but finally around 2 p.m. the sun starts coming out and it turns beautiful. Great! I grab my range bag and a box of Remington UMC 55 grain FMJ, stuff my Bushy into a tactical case, and off I go. Get to the range and NO ONE else is there. I have the whole place to myself, which is awesome because usually this place is packed on Saturdays. After action on the Bushy: - Shoots very clean and crisp. I love it! - My groups were high at 100 yards. Had to dial in some elevation corrections. All I used were the irons. This is a Plain Jane carbine and no optics are planned for it. - Zero malfunctions of any kind. Sweet. I bought an aftermarket chrome bolt carrier group for this piece, so the BCG is not factory stock on it. I was amazed at how easy it is to clean a chrome bolt and bolt carrier when I got home! Now that .223 is starting to become available again, I think I'm going to be spending more happy hours with this baby this summer. You know, yes I have seen "the chart" many times and I know it isn't parked under the FSB & what not. But you know what? I'll tell you what. Bushmaster makes a damn fine rifle all the same. Here's the required pic... 
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We have two Bushmasters a carbine and a rifle.
Both of our Bushmasters are great. I did have a couple of extraction malfunctions with the carbine but the #6 "O" ring around the extractor spring and a new extractor fixed it 100%. It's been used quite a bit and I was not too surprised to have to change the worn extractor. Shoot safe, EMSflyer |
Thanks for the range report-sounds like you had a great time 
As far as people dogging Bushy-don't sweat it. They may have had some issues in the past, but who hasn't? As far as Bushmaster quality goes, I am certain of one thing: my XM-15 runs like a clock 
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