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Do Bushmaster AR-15s/M4s accept polymer magazines?

Posted on 03/07/2015 6:44:30 PM PST by eater-of-toast

As a .308 guy, and an M-1A and FAL owner, I've never purchased an AR-15 or semiauto M4, but think I'm about to give in. One feature I want is the ability to use polymer magazines, eg the Israeli orlite 30-rounders. I remember it used to be the case that Bushmasters would only feed the first round from a polymer magazines properly. Has Bushmaster rectified this, or no? I want an AR-15 or M4 that'll feed consistently from any aftermarket magazine. I don't wish to be restricted to the gunmaker's propriety magazines, or to aluminum magazines only (which, unless I'm mistaken, at least used to be the case with Bushmasters).

Many thanks!


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To: JGT; eater-of-toast; Terabitten
Were your Bushmasters made before or after 2006, when Cerberus Capital bought them and moved them out of Windham, Maine?

The quality declined significantly after 2006.

The Windham Weaponry AR's are built by the original Bushmaster gunsmiths to higher standards.

21 posted on 03/08/2015 4:36:04 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (WSC: The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end...)
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To: riverrunner

Yeah which is why I’m not happy core 15 won’t respond.


22 posted on 03/08/2015 6:16:20 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Terabitten

Right on and right on. Mr. GG2 had the original Bushmaster heavy barrel match grade which was great but traded it in on a Windham a couple of years ago. Excellent weapon and I think he picked it up for under $900 at Academy. We use Magpul’s.


23 posted on 03/08/2015 12:36:36 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: driftdiver

I’d look at the mag retaining gizmo.


24 posted on 03/08/2015 3:26:35 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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