Why all the hate for Bushmasters?
So, I'm particularly new to AR's and semi-auto rifles in general, but I got to shoot a few hundred rounds through a friend's new Carbon 15 the other day. It seemed great, **really light**, nice, light trigger pull, decent 6 inch groups at 100 yards. At any rate, it was a heck of a lot nicer than the WASR I finally managed to get rid of (I didn't need pliers to get the magazine to eject) , and much more reliable fresh out of the box.
I did get a couple double feeds with it, but to be fair, that that seemed have more to do with a crappy steel "promag" magazine . The follower tilted and flopped around in the case. It didn't have any issues with the stock steel magazine or 4 other polymer pmags.
So what's the deal? It seems to be one of the few AR platforms under 1k in the panic market and I might consider one (mainly because it's so light) But every forum I read is just 50/50 love and hate. Is it just a matter of fanboys and trolls? Is it a history of poor quality control and a lot of lemons falling through the cracks? Or, contrary to the overall level of finish and functionality and this particular one, are they really just garbage in general?
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