Bushmaster ID

[wctriumph]

I have been offered this Bushmaster carbine and I am having a hard time verifying the model. Disregarding the rail and grip, is this a model that the original Windham Bushmaster would have offered? The muzzle device throws me, supposed to be a 14.5 barrel with pinned device.

Thanks for your consideration.

[Great-Kazoo]

Unless there's a bayo lug, hidden under that hg assy, that's a post 94 BM. Also referred to as the ES shorty AK, iirc. The pre bans had a f/hider attached.

[ray1970]

Definitely a ban era rifle. No flash hider, no bayonet lug, and the fixed rear stock made it safe. I had one of those barrels probably in the mid to late 1990?s.

[wctriumph]

I just wanted to know if it was a basically original carbine. I guess that you have confirmed that.

[Circuits]

I just wanted to know if it was a basically original carbine. I guess that you have confirmed that.

I don't think bushy ever offered those handguards in the 1994-2004 timeframe in which that model rifle was produced, so while the barreled upper may be original, the handguards have been swapped out.

[wctriumph]

Yes they have. The rail and grip are not original, I just needed to know if the rest of the carbine was.

[Colorado Osprey]

The muzzle device throws me, supposed to be a 14.5 barrel with pinned device.
Ban era XM15E2S
The 14.5" barrel had welded AK style muzzle brake to meet 16" requirement. The 16" had a pinned AK style brake
I had one of those with the 16" pinned barrel. H-bar 1/9
New they sold for about $650 back then. Mine was a 1996 vinatge. Mine was 100% reliable when used with quality mags.

[beast556]

That model was the first ar I bought on my 18th birthday. After the 10 day wating period I left the gun shop with it 10 usgi mags and a 1000rd case, went to the range with my buddys and burned through that 1000rd in half an hour. Good times still have the lower.

[wctriumph]

Thanks everyone, I will be working on a deal for it in the next day or so.