Bushmaster ACR

. Also had a SCAR-L (16S) at the same time. Really thought that the ACR was a better rifle.

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Eh, the Scar16... I imagine the advertising went something like this:

" Want AR15 performance? Want a slap happy gas system? Want a folding stock that serves almost no purpose? Want a charging handle that can stop up your rifle if you touch it while firing? Want a price tag triple what a top tier AR costs? Well if the answers yes, then the Scar16 is your rifle my friend".

I'm not an AR15 nut and I'm not against new tech. But when said new tech costs triple what a reliable AR costs, its pretty darn hard to justify, especially when there is so little tangible benefits... I'll happily buy a Tavor when they hit $900.

Thanks krinko for the personal review and HOOfan_1 for MAC's video ... It pushed me to look around and find a brand new one for just under $1600 including shipping and transfer ... this will be my first Cerberus firearm!

I own several Bushmasters both pre and post ban of various configurations and I'm not swayed by the jib-jab that gets puked back on the inter-webs because a few guns of the thousands and thousands they've produced had a problem ... they've been around for years and just aren't the in thing. At one time they were the #2 gun to buy after Colt ... then Armalites' name was bought by another company and they were "in vogue", then came RRA and they were the "One" ... This was back in the day when anyone had a non-factory build "Franken-gun" was looked down on. When in reality most all were pretty good guns ... except DPMS which was bottom of the barrel at that time ... things change.

RCArms.com said:

It is a good rifle that lacks from factory support on barrel kits. Remington truly is missing the boat here, factory barrel exchange kits for caliber conversions would likely sell like hot cakes.

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So much this. The quick change barrel system is the strongest point of the rifle IMO, and this feature is being completely unused by Bushmaster/Remington.

Jackal said:

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I'll happily buy a Tavor when they hit $900.

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Save your money ... I've never been so disappointed in a new firearm as I was the Tavor, the LOP is a ridiculous 16" (over 3" longer than any other standard rifle) which makes it awkward to shoulder, and the balance is horrible ... maybe if you have never shot an AUG or any other bull-pup it won't bother you. The trigger is stupid heavy (13-14 pounds) unless you remove the auxiliary spring which insures the trigger resetting in adverse conditions; then its down to 7.5 to 8 pounds. But there is still the issue of the long gritty over travel and lousy break, when it finally does (break) ... I sent my trigger to Bill Springfield because he said he would get the pull weight down to the 4-5 pound range, reduce the over travel and make the break nice and crisp ... as it turned out when I got it back it still had an 7.5 to 8 pound pull but the over-travel is reduced and it does break much better when I emailed him about the pull weight he said it needs a couple hundred rounds to break in then will settle in the 4-5 pound pull range ... well 500 rounds later its still at 7.5 to 8 pounds. Yes I was trying to go cheap and for $59 its a worthwhile improvement but not what I was told I would get ... it seems the only alternative is to buy a Timmney or Giselle trigger to the tune of about $340 ... which I refuse to do.

Its not all bad though, the factory BUIS's are actually nice ... but they won't co-witness with anything else because everything else is an AR standard height and the Tavor factory BUIS isn't.