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The trigger is the weak link, it is gritty and a lot of creep but a halfway decent 4lb spring. To be fair the trigger is no worse than most any off the shelf AR-15 guns and if you ride it properly you can get a predictable two stage type brake. The barrel is good and it should shoot MOA out of the box with surplus ammo, much better with match grade. If you want a camo dipped .223/5.56 this is your best choice for the buck. Both DPMS and Bushmaster make Remington ARs. DPMS is mostly the AR-10/LR308/R25 stuff.
 
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It is a freedom corp. rifle. They are the parent company of bushmaster and dpms and a few other companies they bought out. If you can get one for around 750 it's probably not a bad deal. Any more than that you should look a a stag, smith and Wesson, or psa.
 
Jackal said:
You can almost buy 3 superior PSA AR15's for that sum. Tell him to run, not walk the other direction.
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No doubt AR prices in South Africa are a whole new ballgame! Here in the USA though I sure agree, a PSA over a Rem-master any day.


Two Gun, assuming a limited AR selection in South Africa, the Remington (Bushmaster) will do the job but there are many better choices. What other brands are available there?
 
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It is likely inferior in every way that matters to BCM COLT PSA SPIKES etc. It probably costs more too. No thanks.
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This.^^^^

But I don't know what the OP's options are in South Africa.
 
Well choice here is very limited , most other AR's are eastern European (Vosatka for instance ) or Canadian (NEA)
and they are all in the $ 2000 range and up .
Chinese company Norinco sells one for about $1300 which seems to be most popular choice at the moment but quality is not a priority , they are quite tough however must give them that.
Here and there you still get a second hand Colt AR drifting around but they are usually well used.
 
Well Remington will do the job, it is not a junk AR. I'm not a fan of commercial spec ARs since here in the USA we have so many choices but you shouldn't have trouble with it.

Honestly, it will be hard to get the best answer for your situation from a US-centric forum. Of course, lots of excellent info here but not geared to South Africa. I'd go more with info tailored to your locale... Are there good gun forums there?
 
Mine will pump Hornady 55gr V-max factory loads into a dime all day long.
But I had to put a 3lb Timney trigger in it as the original was unacceptable for me.
It is my most accurate rifle beating out several custom barreled bolt actions.
.223 with the 22" barrel.
It has earned it's way to being my favorite rifle. (and I have a BCM too FYI)
 
RustHunter87 said:
No, no you got it backwards the Bushmasters are now Remingtons.
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We're both correct.

Remington did not have its own AR-15 until their parent company acquired Bushmaster, who produced "badge engineered" ARs for Remington under the Remington name.

Then, Freedom uprooted Bushmaster and moved it to NY to become part of Remington.

And now Remington makes both Remington and Bushmaster AR-15s.

http://www.shootingillustrated.com/index.php/1512/remington-r-15-vtr-series/
As a result of a fortuitous business association, Remington was able to develop the R-15 series with a helping hand from Bushmaster Firearms. “Bushmaster knows AR rifles, and we know the hunting market,” said Eddie Stevenson, press relations manager for Remington. “Since we are sister companies now, it was a logical move for us to work together on this project. We relied on Bushmaster quite a bit to get this AR project started, but we also brought a lot to the table ourselves.”

Bushmaster, with its reputation for quality AR rifles, provided a great deal of knowledge regarding the manufacture of the new series. Remington, on the other hand, brought a perspective on the hunting market that only Big Green could possess. “We have the connection to the hunter. We know how to make guns for them and cater to that market,” Stevenson said.
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Remington didn't make ARs until it absorbed bushmaster..... Bushmaster tooling, bushmaster techs and engineers,......uh.....it's a bushmaster.
 
Im pretty sure they fired almost all the bushmaster employes when they moved the operation out of state too, so if you ask me all they got was the name which they ruined.:barf:

as far as the toolings concerned its the Indian not the arrow
 
My buddy has two of them an 18 inch and a 22inch and there both moa or better rifles and hes had absolutely no troubles with them.
 
In all the ways that matter, folks who actually know jack about ARs know that there's very little REAL difference between brands. Having said that, Colt would be one of my last choices, right behind Olympic.

Hey, ol' Coyote has a Remmy that'll shoot dimes all day long. AAMOF, his is the only Remmy AR in the world that'll do that. ;) Should donate it to the Smithsonian!;)
 
hentown said:
In all the ways that matter, folks who actually know jack about ARs know that there's very little REAL difference between brands. Having said that, Colt would be one of my last choices, right behind Olympic...
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If you're saying AR parts tend to interchange, then you'd be right. If you're trying to say all parts are the same, you'd be wrong - as when implying Colt should be a last choice.
 
hentown said:
In all the ways that matter, folks who actually know jack about ARs know that there's very little REAL difference between brands. Having said that, Colt would be one of my last choices, right behind Olympic.

Hey, ol' Coyote has a Remmy that'll shoot dimes all day long. AAMOF, his is the only Remmy AR in the world that'll do that. ;) Should donate it to the Smithsonian!;)
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Hentown, you already have your mind made up so this is for the OP and others.
Not all day but part of one. 100yds. 3-12x Burris Signature Select. Not a new production rifle, bought the day after BHO's 1st election.
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