From the "old" Bushmaster archives...

[sgtrock82]

My old bushy didn't treat me too badly as I was learning about modern ARs. A couple initial hiccups mostly related to the old Guatemalan 55gr ammo that was around then but otherwise was fine. Changed some springs, a few stakes here and there. It even had M4 cuts on the barrel and upper that I was told wouldn't be there. Did need an extra tall post to zero the irons though

It was not parked under front sight base, so it's time on earth was limited at best, obviously lol

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[Slater]

Still waiting on pictures of the barrel profile. Help a brother out dude!


When are you planning to shoot it and test it out for yourself?

Ordinarily not a problem but my stepdaughter has my camera at present, so it might be a while. May not get to shoot it for a while.

[markm]

It was not parked under front sight base, so it's time on earth was limited at best, obviously lol

Same here. Mine had surface rust under the FSB. No biggie. The beauty of owning a Bushy back then was you had a guilt free beater gun.

[m1a_scoutguy]

Here is a pic of my old Bushy,,I bought it in the late 90s maybe early 2000s! It was a 16inch with carbine gas with a pinned & welded MB along with the stock being pinned,,good ole NY. It was my 1st AR and I basically ran the hell out of it and really had 0 issues. I used it when I 1st started competing and just in general shooting/training with my buddies. I put thousands of rds down her tube and it was a good rife, I ended up selling it to a good buddy and he ran it for years also. Lots of fun and good memories with my old Bushy. No making fun of my Burris SpeedDot and my Tier1 Para P-12,,LOL

[SteyrAUG]

Same here. Mine had surface rust under the FSB. No biggie. The beauty of owning a Bushy back then was you had a guilt free beater gun.

I think that was a stab at "the chart."

[markm]

I think that was a stab at "the chart."

For sure. But I did get my gun wet in the rain a bit and there was some surface rust. There's some value to finishing the barrel and FSB separately. More so if your gun would be in salt water though.

[Renegade]

Cant be that old if it came with Magpul furniture.

[Slater]

Cant be that old if it came with Magpul furniture.

If you're referring to the gun in the OP, it's five or six years old. Fairly young, but out of production.

[Evil Black Rifle]

The Windham Bushmaster were/are OK. I shot mine for years with zero issues, until one day I found the newly created "chart" and learned that raw metal under the front sight made your rifle turn into junk. Since I don't jump into the ocean from helicopters there is no rust to be found.

Back then, A, B or C were the only choices. A was nowhere to be found, and C was entirely too expensive.

[WillieThom]

There was a Bushmaster that I lusted after when I first started getting into the AR platform in ‘08 or ‘09. It came in either Flat Dark Earth or OD Green and it had some really neat sounding name like Urban Tactical something-something, but I never got it. I ended up going with a 6920 and later bought a BCM upper, thanks to M4C. (been here since about 2009 just under a different username. I really miss those days… the olden days…)

ETA:
Urban Interdiction Rifle. Isn’t that AWESOME sounding!? F-YEAH!!

ETA2:

I’m down the rabbit hole now… I’m not in this thread, but I imagine I probably ran across it back then. (I really miss the olden days…)

https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread...al-impressions