Comments on: Bushmaster responds to questions about ACR

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:35:13 +0000

I have an ACR and I am in the military. Given the chance I would reach for my ACR before an M4. I read on here that somebody “heard” that it has more recoil than an M4. Not true…for one its a different type of recoil, and two…man up and get behind the weapon. There are definitely things Bushmaster could have done better don’t get me wrong. My biggest complaint is that I am still waiting on my caliber and barrel conversions…it’s been close to 2 years guy…com’on! My next complaint is that I had to buy the folding stock separately…Nobody wants the standard stock…it was never meant to be a precision configuration. Give what the masses want…A FOLDING STOCK ON THE BASIC ACR THAT I BUY. That’s really about it. I think it’s a good concept and I’m glad that they moved the charging handle forward and kept it non-reciprocating. One thing that the SCAR lacks.

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By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:37:34 +0000

Bought one….love it, zero malfunctions, more modular then anything out there.

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By: Clay

Clay — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:46:27 +0000

This is a great rifle!! Bushmaster/magpul put alot of time and effort into the overall design. if you dont like it, oh well, dont buy one. go buy a Piston AR and watch the bolt-carrier eat a hole thru your buffer tube. This type of ignorant product bashing is typical with all new products. I agree that the AR platform is great, but its also about 50 yrs old. its time for something better to come along and replace it. if you cant deal with change, go join all those other guys who think the M1 GARAND is the only rifle worth owning. ive put quite a bit of time behind an ACR and have nothing but good things to say. If you dont like it, go shoot one. you WILL change ur mind.

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By: spence

spence — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:56:05 +0000

i was all for this when magpul launced it as the masada back in the day, now i dont really care. it’s still not in the gun shops yet the robinson arms xcr is, and guess what, they won the patents so who knows if well ever see the acr in its current form on the market, bushmaster just keeps putting a nastier taste in my mouth, i wont buy their ar’s and i wont buy their acr…by choice and now by law.

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By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:46:35 +0000

what can you tell me about the B.F.I Bullpup M 17S 223 cal. Is it a good weapon and why was it discontinued ?

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By: cruft

cruft — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:31:28 +0000

the owner of bushmaster is cerberus. the same people that drove chrysler into bankrupcy. they, before chrysler, would buy a company, sell off the assets, make huge FEES, and get out of town. now they just bought barnes bullets. do you really believe they have any concern for us?

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By: wannabe

wannabe — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:01:37 +0000

For $3K, I should get the courtesy of a reach-around.

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By: DaMan

DaMan — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:30:24 +0000

also for 3k it should have both forgrips and stocks

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By: DaMan

DaMan — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:28:35 +0000

i saw the vids from shotshow. this guy seems really shiffty. also why and the hell haven’t the magpul guys talked about this thing at all. it is their design right?

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By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:44:59 +0000

This is just all the more proof that Magpul shouldn’t have done business with Bushmaster. I was skeptical of it to begin with, but now it’s clear that Bushmaster has completely fucked up the civilian ACR release. We were told we’d be getting AR barrels, AR triggers, and reasonable prices. We got none of this. It seems like the ACR is just taking the route of the Robarms XCR: a turd polished really nicely and put in a pretty dress.

I for one won’t be buying any of the Bushmaster ACRs. Perhaps if Remington offers their version, but I’ll be staying far and away from Bushmaster. I learned from my experience (and stupidity) after I bought a Carbon-15. I’ll deal with other companies, thank you very much.

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By: KILLBBZ

KILLBBZ — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:18:04 +0000

I wonder how this will all pan out? I’ve never seen a product with more anticipation to come to market. And then receive a 98% rejection rate due to Ignorant decisions on barrel twist and base pricing, not to mention the fire control is smaller than my girlfriends G-spot, both are almost impossible to manipulate under intense stimulation.

Last thing I wanna do is Buy an overpriced rifle, and then have to buy more shit that should have been on there in the first place.

Not to mention QUALITY CONTROL on there puppys? IS IT THERE??

You guys can buy em new. ILL buy used one from some gamer fag, and won’t feel bad for breaking it or melting it. (God only knows they will have every single part itemized for aftermarket sales)

This should be interesting to say the least.

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By: DaMan

DaMan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:36:38 +0000

i still think the gun looks freakin awesome, and anyone who says otherwise is a liar. However, his point about 1500 wasn’t realistic. shit if they made it under 2k or even msrp 2k they would have been fine. they just got greedy like the rest of the market after they saw that ppl were buying LWRCs(overrated btw) for 2600+ and other guns. Now they are gavlenizing their biggest market, hardcore gun nerds. On the other hand all this bitching could be for not since my fs2000 is msrp at 2400+ and i got mine for less then 1800 after taxes then i got a free c-more sight.

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By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:40:29 +0000

If they were going to use proprietary parts, like barrels, trigger groups, etc., perhaps BFI should have slapped a piston upper on the CARBON-15 lower and fitted it with Magpul accessories!

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By: bozo texino

bozo texino — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:13:42 +0000

I unlocked the ACR on mw2 today. it’s really good, i got a 7 kill streak the first time i used it.

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By: John K.

John K. — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:17:20 +0000

Uh, “reserve”. Sorry about that.

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By: John K.

John K. — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:13:20 +0000

I’ll reverse judgement on the ACR for now but I will say this: worst damage control, ever.

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By: subase

subase — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:24:22 +0000

Magpul was either stupid or greedy. And now probably flushed some choice AR innovations that could have become standard down the toilet.

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By: Big Daddy

Big Daddy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:32:53 +0000

Yeah the grip and lower receiver smells of H&K stuff, it looks like an MP5. It does look uncomfortable. I tried a G3 when I was stationed in Germany and the grip pinched my hand, I did not like that rifle at all. I carried it on an excersise….terrible weapon. It also sounds strange when you shoot it, like blam, blam, blam.

I think a great idea from Magpul may have turned out into a total POS that will never sell. They had a very good concept that was taken over and ruined.

The whole idea was compatibility with the M-4/M-16 and improvements to take it into the next generation.

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By: KP

KP — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:30:54 +0000

The biggest disapointment is the changes Bushmaster has made to make it more proprietary (like the barrel). The only explanation is that they’re trying to milk it for all the money they can.

“5th Pricing: To make this weapon combat ready, and suitable for LE application and Civilian sales, it went thru revision after revision after revision. The ACR is not an inexpensive rifle to produce, it is of the highest quality and we are utilizing the most advanced materials available. The $1500 Retail price tag was not realistic. I know we all wanted to produce and offer this weapon for under $2k, but when the cost roll up is done, and all the pricing is tiered the realistic $’s are what we are showing.”
Bullshit. When Bushmaster got in on the project it was already a functioning rifle. The tiny revisions that Bushmaster made doubled the expected MSRP? The initial R&D was already all done by Magpul, and then they’re sharing the work load with Remington and this incurs a massive R&D overhead to Bushmaster?? From the looks of it they’ve hardly done anything to the design except things like the non-AR15-compatible barrel to force you to buy after-market parts from them. Bushmaster’s response is incredible. They think they have the golden goose egg and expected everyone to be begging them to buy it. I hope they loose the contract and Remington handles the rest.

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By: Maigo

Maigo — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:34:31 +0000

Yeah… but… how is not using AR parts price saving? Different parts means different production runs. That means more down time and higher cost, more storage space and larger inventories. You don’t need to reinvent what works, the point was to fix the stuff that didn’t work. And thanks for the non-ergo grip, good call.

Next we’ll find out they use super conducting magnets instead of locking lugs.

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