Rumor mill: Bushmaster folding - ACR now a Remington product?

[Just_Plain_T.]

Hate to see a manufacturer go, but (cautiously) optimistic of seeing a revised, improved ACR.

This is coming from one of the guys who really liked the concept up until getting to see the implementation, and then gave up.

[ForTehNguyen]

Yes the Bushmaster plant in Maine was or is being closed. Whether the brand will go away who knows.

consolidation cat is consolidating production

why produce rifles in two different locations? Lot of jumping to conclusions in here

[The Cat]

I liked Bushmaster, back when they were Quality Parts.

[DaBears_85]

If Bushmaster goes under I will dance the night away and party like its 1999. The next day I will find their grave and pee on it. Could not happen to a better company.

You're not looking at the big picture, 5pins. What are the good folks over on TOS supposed to inanely obsess over now?

God, the humanity...

Out of curiosity; what has Bushmaster done to you to illicit such ill will? I personally don't like to see any gun company go out of business regardless of how bad they can dick up a promising platform.

Cheers

I don't know why you would feel this way about a DOMESTIC firearms company.

I understand what you guys are saying but if Bushmaster were to go out of business it would be entirely by thier own hand.

[Heavy Metal]

You would think after 15 years, Bushmaster would figure it is cheaper to ****ing stake a carrier key correctly than Fed Ex a rifle back.

[scottryan]

Time to thin the herd.

[Fried Chicken Blowout]

You would think after 15 years, Bushmaster would figure it is cheaper to ****ing stake a carrier key correctly than Fed Ex a rifle back.

I'm sure most of them never get shot and if shot the owner never shoots it enough to loosen anything up. So as a result they never have to ship any back.

[5pins]

Out of curiosity; what has Bushmaster done to you to illicit such ill will? I personally don't like to see any gun company go out of business regardless of how bad they can dick up a promising platform.

Cheers

My beef with Bushmaster was from dealing with them back in 93. Needless to say it left a bad taste in my mouth.

I don't know why you would feel this way about a DOMESTIC firearms company.

A shitty company is a shitty company, domestic or not.

You're not looking at the big picture, 5pins. What are the good folks over on TOS supposed to inanely obsess over now?

DPMS?

[DireWulf]

Bushmaster is not going out of business. They are owned by a holding company (Freedom Group) and the holding company is closing their manufacturing facility in Maine. This is the same holding company that owns Dakota Arms Company, Remington Arms Company, Parker Gunmakers, Marlin, DPMS, EOTACH, Mountain Khakis, and Barnes Bullets among others. They still own the Bushmaster name and they can, and likely will, make crappy AR's someplace else.

Press release:

"The Company will relocate manufacturing of all Bushmaster products currently produced at Windham to other, existing Freedom Group Facilities."

The word I hear from some former teammates (Maine residents) is that Maine is becoming more and more unfriendly to businesses, which is not surprising. Maine's way of life and government has been affected by Massachusetts transplants moving to the state and doing their best to make Maine the next Massachusetts. Perhaps some Maine residents can weigh in on this.

[justin_247]

Out of curiosity; what has Bushmaster done to you to illicit such ill will? I personally don't like to see any gun company go out of business regardless of how bad they can dick up a promising platform.

When they're out selling their guns to law enforcement officers knowing full well their lives depend upon them while deliberately cutting corners to save money... and selling crap rifles to foreign allies... yeah, I hold ill will towards them for that.

I don't know why you would feel this way about a DOMESTIC firearms company.

That they're a US manufacturer is absolutely irrelevant. Thank God for having a competitive marketplace... maybe they will perish. It's their fault.

An American defending Bushmaster because they're American, no matter how crappy a product they produce, is like a Serb defending the Yugo because it's Serbian.

Press release:

"The Company will relocate manufacturing of all Bushmaster products currently produced at Windham to other, existing Freedom Group Facilities."

I think this means that DPMS rifles are going to be rebranded as Bushmaster.