I turned my ban era Bushmaster A2 carbine into an A2 rifle

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - I turned my ban era Bushmaster A2 carbine into an A2 rifle

Posted: 8/12/2017 9:02:16 PM EDT

I bought this ban era A2 bushmaster a few weeks ago and wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it.

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So I decided to turn it into a rifle, I ordered a light weight 20" barrel from Delton and installed it yesterday, man what a difference.

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I haven't had an old bushmaster like this in a long time

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Posted: 8/12/2017 10:41:59 PM EDT

[#1]

Nice man.

20 inch rifle is best rifle.

Posted: 8/12/2017 11:20:55 PM EDT

[#2]

Oh man I bet that thing balances nice. Love it.

Posted: 8/13/2017 4:39:33 AM EDT

[#3]

Nice, that carbine was exactly my setup for Y2K

Please do a range report with the new delton.

Posted: 8/13/2017 8:30:06 PM EDT

[#4]

I'm a big fan & now have 2 complete 20's & 1 in progress.
Very sweet , range report yet on the Delton barrel?
So...whatcha doin' with the useless old barrel & handguards?

Posted: 8/15/2017 11:18:02 AM EDT

[#5]

I saw that exact rifle in a shop recently, but they want $600 for it...I think is too much. Once I replace the neutered parts with a new barrel/FSB, I'd have Colt money in it!

Posted: 8/15/2017 1:29:54 PM EDT

[#6]

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I'm a big fan & now have 2 complete 20's & 1 in progress.
Very sweet , range report yet on the Delton barrel?
So...whatcha doin' with the useless old barrel & handguards?

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I test fired it Sunday and it worked flawlessly but I haven't been to the range with it yet, hopefully this weekend I can go. I sold the ban era barrel and hanguards in the EE for $100 and bought the new barrel from Del-Ton for $155, I already had rifle length gas tube and handguards sitting around.

Posted: 8/19/2017 12:44:10 PM EDT

[#7]

There's something satisfying about un-banning a neutered rifle. Suck it, Clinton!

Looks nice.

Posted: 8/19/2017 6:03:03 PM EDT

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Nice man.

20 inch rifle is best rifle.

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FPNI!!!!

Great job, OP!!! THAT is how you do it!!!

Posted: 8/24/2017 10:42:24 AM EDT

[#9]

I would say that you have upgraded to a very usable rifle. They didnt refer to the A2 as "The Cadillac of the battlefield" for nothing!

Posted: 8/24/2017 10:46:21 AM EDT

[#10]

I would say that you have upgraded to a very usable rifle. They didnt refer to the A2 as "The Cadillac of the battlefield" for nothing!

I have a Delton 1/9 HBAR barrel with chrome bore and chamber. So does my buddies son. They are well worth the money. You wont be disappointed.

Posted: 8/24/2017 11:26:09 AM EDT

[#11]

Nice.

Posted: 8/29/2017 11:37:31 PM EDT

[#12]

Very nice!!!

Posted: 11/12/2017 2:48:48 AM EDT

[#13]

Looks good

Im bumping an old thread to say I thought that serial number seemed close to my first AR (and it looked just like the one in the OP when I bought it back during the ban) so I grabbed it out of the safe and its about 50 numbers fewer than that one. Probably got assembled on either the same day or the day before yours.

The upper is long gone but the lower has served me well for many years now!

Posted: 11/14/2017 4:31:58 PM EDT

[#14]

I've got one just like the OP's. Got it real cheap.
I already had a 20 inch barrel assembly. An hour after I got home, no more ban era rifle.

Posted: 11/14/2017 5:10:34 PM EDT

[#15]

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Looks good

Im bumping an old thread to say I thought that serial number seemed close to my first AR (and it looked just like the one in the OP when I bought it back during the ban) so I grabbed it out of the safe and its about 50 numbers fewer than that one. Probably got assembled on either the same day or the day before yours.

https://i.imgur.com/JWUaa9W.jpg

The upper is long gone but the lower has served me well for many years now!

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Now I gotta go check my old lower.

Posted: 11/14/2017 5:37:55 PM EDT

[#16]

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Looks good

Im bumping an old thread to say I thought that serial number seemed close to my first AR (and it looked just like the one in the OP when I bought it back during the ban) so I grabbed it out of the safe and its about 50 numbers fewer than that one. Probably got assembled on either the same day or the day before yours.

https://i.imgur.com/JWUaa9W.jpg

The upper is long gone but the lower has served me well for many years now!

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That's really cool

Posted: 11/14/2017 5:42:56 PM EDT

[#17]

I would have to find a purple barrel to match my Bushhamster receiver.

Posted: 11/14/2017 6:45:40 PM EDT

[#18]

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That's really cool

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Looks good

Im bumping an old thread to say I thought that serial number seemed close to my first AR (and it looked just like the one in the OP when I bought it back during the ban) so I grabbed it out of the safe and its about 50 numbers fewer than that one. Probably got assembled on either the same day or the day before yours.

https://i.imgur.com/JWUaa9W.jpg

The upper is long gone but the lower has served me well for many years now!

That's really cool

I checked my old L-prefix Brushhamster lower. My serial is only off by 80K. we are almost brothers.

Posted: 11/14/2017 11:51:39 PM EDT

[#19]

You need thin glossy early handguards. Newer ones look too fat

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