Bushmaster?

[rockhound]

My bushy was a total piece of crap, accurate but would not feed, or extract properly spent lots of time and money chasing the issues, the only thing it would feed reliably was high pressure nato brass,

[hurley842002]

I had a newer Cerebus Bushy, and it was a great rifle, I suppose it's like any other freedom group product, some are good, some are not.

[RonMexico]

Wyndham Weaponry is made up of former Bushmaster employees and the old Bushmaster tooling and plant. From what I have seen of them they are head and shoulders above a current Bushmaster.

I owned a 2004 bushmaster and it was solid. Recently I purchased a windham due to the fact I feel it's one of the best bangs for your buck on the market.

[davsel]

The new Ilion bushy's are in general a fine rifle. Bought a carbine a few months ago and it shoots just as accurately as my older Bushy's. Reliability is just as good as well.
Where I notice the difference is in the finish. The lowers are a hard coat anodize, not mil-spec phosphate. Same with the uppers. The barrel finish is also a less expensive finish. Not sure what it is, but it is not as nice or as durable as the older finish.
Factory triggers still suck. But they always did. This was a mandatory upgrade for all my bushy's.
So final conclusion. The new bushy's are still good. The finish will not be as durable. If you are in the market for an AR15 rifle, Bushy's would be a fine choice. I'd put them head to head with DPMS, RockRiver and other similarly priced rifles. Choice being price point and what features each company offered.
Still would prefer a Noveske or LWRC or BCM. But you do pay a higher price for these high end rifles. They are worth the money but cost more.

Hope this helps.

Really? I did not know that.
I was not aware that "mil-spec phosphate" was applied to aluminum uppers and lowers. Interesting.

Can you provide a link to this information?

[Anrev]

I got my Bushmaster in Dec 2012. The only issue Ive had with mine was FTF with reloads. Havnt had a single problem with factory ammo. Ive put close to 1000 rounds through it so far.

[muddywings]

Bushmaster donated 20 16" ARs to the Air Force Academy's Combat Shooting Team in 2009. I staked all the gas keys, castle nuts and reamed the chambers to 5.56.

In the last 4 years those rifles have seen between 13 and 21k rounds (dependant on the assigned shooters schedule) and to date I've replaced all the gas rings & buffer springs and had 1 hammer pin break and 1 buffer fail.

Not bad for some rifles that get run pretty hard.

Galaxy Note II + Tapatalk 2

Do you have a contact or know who runs the shooting time now a days? Curious as I work there and would like to make contact if they still do that.