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Posted: 9/16/2017 7:14:57 PM EDT
Looking at a Bushy 11.5 A2 upper ... thinking about a pistol build.
But I'm seeing a few hundred more can get me into the BCM - Colt parts. 
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Posted: 9/16/2017 7:31:17 PM EDT
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While it is nice to have the best, if you can accept the good enough, you will have more scratch for everything.
Which is just another way of saying generic parts are good enough for pistols. At least, that is the way I look at it. Now, for a nice rifle, maybe spring for the high priced parts. |
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Posted: 9/19/2017 4:11:19 PM EDT
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My DPMS Kitty Kat 7.5" (oh no, say it ain't so) has been rode hard and put away wet since 2004 and has many thousands and thousands of rounds through it without a hiccup. This is the ONLY firearm that I have not babied and have shot it too hot to hold comfortably.
To listen to many here it should have failed with the first mag. It hasn't. I fail to see how an upper built with ANY brand of parts could have held up any better. |
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Posted: 9/19/2017 6:38:19 PM EDT
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People rely far to much on a name when it comes to AR's.
My Noveske and Daniel defense uppers do the same thing as my Generic or cheaper uppers. You don't pay more for high end because it works better (if it works it works). You pay more for high end because of cosmetics and likely a better inspected build before it leaves the factory. An AR15 either works or it doesn't. There is little difference in a stock $400 AR and a stock $1000 AR assuming they both work. |
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Posted: 9/20/2017 11:43:44 PM EDT
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Bushmaster is a brand name owned by Freedom Group, not the Bushmaster of Windham Maine days.
Is that an older Bushmaster upper or new production? Bushmaster had good barrels with good chrome lining back when they were actually Bushmaster. Other than that, a lot of the parts were garbage. |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 12:36:57 PM EDT
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PSA uppers with the FN chrome lined barrels are equal to anything those boutique companies put out, at far less money. But on arfcom you have to have some high priced name or you need to go be poor somewhere else. So says the basement sitting dorks.
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Posted: 9/22/2017 2:23:10 PM EDT
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JaketheSnake,
The current Bushmaster uppers, components and complete rifles are of high quality. Basically everything we do now is at or above mil-spec requirements and just like many companies we have learned to make a better product over time and our customers tend to agree. |
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