AR15 Bushmaster or Rock River

[vanfunk]

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Interesting, and since I wasn't sure I just went to the safe and pulled my Bushmaster XM15E2. I removed the handguard and discovered that the gas tube goes all the way into the front sigght base, just like my Colts and Stag , so tell me how does this faking the middies work again?

Actually we may both be wrong. After some checking, I'm not finding very many Bushy midlengths (or Colts or Stags for that matter). Is your gun a carbine or a middy (7 or 9 inch gas system)? Last I checked the Dissipator was definitely a carbine with longer handguards and an additional non-functioning gas block to act as the front sight. I assumed that they faked their middies the same way, but it looks like they just don't make them in the first place.

Correct. Bushmaster midlengths aren't fake, because they don't exist! You are correct in describing their Dissipator models as "fake" in a manner of speaking, because they actually have a carbine-length gas system concealed underneath the handguards and a front sight base that doesn't function as a gas block.

As to Bushmaster vs. RRA, I don't feel that there's any qualitative difference between these two brands. Pick the one you like, with the features you want, at the cheapest price you can find, then go shoot it.

vanfunk

 

[Caimlas]

Hands down, RRA. Fit, finish, and value are all superior (ie the RRA is better and cheaper). And, while I've not had any support, I've heard RRAs is superior to Bushys too.

 

[absolute0]

Can anyone point me to an online source for a RRA carbine length A3 AR that would be less expensive than the Bushmasters at Aim Surplus?

 

[ocabj]

http://www.adcofirearms.com/

 

[Still 2 Many Choices!?]

Get the Bushmaster...

It will hold value better in the long run. Put a RR 2 stage trigger in the thing if the trigger issue really matters that much, but my Bushmaster trigger is great...YMMV. My next AR will probably be a 20" Bushmaster that I piece to gether off of a lower receiver over the next year. I believe that in thousands of rounds down range I have had a number of failures that could be counted on one hand(all ammo related to cheap ammo). Don't get me wrong, Rock River is good stuff and the lifetime warranty is nice and all, but it doesn't have the cool snake on the side of the receiver !