I have never had a problem with either of my Bushmasters, and thus feel like I can recommend them. That being said, I have yet to really be able to find a quantifiable difference between my Bushmaster, a DPMS, a Rock River or any of the other "major" AR manufacturers. They all seem to function well, they all seem to operate about the same, they are all pretty accurate, and since I have no immediate plans to start blowing 10k rounds of ammo downrange per year, I dismiss the arguments about how brand A is superior to Brand B based on torture tests. Bushmaster makes exactly what I wanted in an AR, it functions like a champ, and so I am perfectly happy with it.