
Originally Posted by
FishTaco
I had heard that they were no longer as solid as before. I remember them being the industry giant in those great days of the early 2000's. What company has inherited that mantle, if any?
There are a lot more AR companies out there then there was in the early 2000s, hell more than there was 5 years ago, forget 10 o 15. I would say if you want a quality, name brand product, you would be looking at Colt, BCM, DD. DD probably does the most advertising of their products, while BCM is really innovating, and Colt is just colt at this point.
As far as Bushmaster goes.... I have an old Patrolman from not long after the sunset of the AWB. It has served well enough, probably over 3K through the rifle, my BCMs are far and away better rifles, better quality, finish, and shoot smoother, but the Bushmaster, hasn't been bad for what it is, but not run as hard as one of my BCMs either. My bushmaster came with a commerical stock, which has long been replaced with a mil spec one, recently returned it to factory-ish configuration, with carry handle irons, a BCM M4 stock from their site, and the carbine handguard and A2 grip. Fun range rifle and a decent back up not that everything is staked and I put a heavier buffer in it which did reduce felt recoil by a surprising amount. I would trust, but it isn't the rifle I would grab as my go to either.
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