Bushmaster Carbon 15, Final Review

Where can I get one of these?

Nice video! What mags are you using on this Carbon?

Bushmasters never fail.. I got me one a few years ago and she's still shooting

I've had mine a little over 4 years and it's still bad-ass!!

Shot my buddies Carbon 15, modded of course and fell in love! Hitting 2" targets 100yds away!!

Where would be a good place to start buy one of these for a decent price? Thank you.

Hey brother, its 2017, can you do an update for us? Or let me know how you like it as of now! Thanks.

I've had one for what must be 6 years now. it's one of the older bushmasters. on mine the rail atop the upper came Off The upper! it turns out they use a screw to hold it onto the receiver and mine somehow stripped without my knowing it existed.
long story short is a had to use a bunch gorilla glue and sanding the excess.
It's pretty sturdy but I just run a BUIS on it because I don't want to break the glue.

other than that… lmao. it's been good to me. it's Very light.
if I ever need a KISS rifle I've got it

Mine ended up having the upper and lower replaced under warranty. The rail started to separate from the upper the first time out, 100 rounds and it was no longer able to be accurate due to the loose top rail. They replaced the upper with an aluminum mil spec. The lower had to be replaced because after getting it back from repair I took it out and put 200 down the pipe and the grip came off the gun while shooting because it stripped itself while I was shooting. They replaced it with an aluminum xd-15 e2s lower on it. 300 rounds and it had to go twice to get repaired, not just repaired but the upper and lower replaced due to the crappy polymer parts. Since it has been great and is still very lightweight. I won't sell it because it is great now, but I would never recommend one to someone else due to mine having to be completely rebuilt by the factory. They even told me the "carbon" parts were crap and they were doing all repairs to aluminum receivers, that is from the manufacturer:(

how is the accuracy of your carbon 15?

I sure appreciate the information! From what I understand, Bushmaster bought the design like 15 years ago from a smaller company that was having a few issues with it. Bushmaster apparently beefed up the design (which you can tell by the addition of a forward assist and dust cover, earlier versions lacked that) and haven't had issues with it other than the odd cracked forward hinge which has happened a few times if the rifle is dropped while "open", like when it is field stripped.

love mine,Two years also,About 1000 rounds and no issues.

Just bought this and started to get nervous after reading other reviews, this video was well done and reassuring, thanks.

dropped mine onto cement floor while unhinged n cleaning. front hinge (port) struck ground and broke. could still close, but sent whole rifle to Bushmaster and free of charge replaced entire lower. other than no fixed sites, love it. good budget rifle.

i had my Carbon 15 for 5 years, always use good brass ammo, never reloads, never steel case ammo. that said I never had an issue with it, love it its light AR15, upgrades are a Magpul moe hand guard & buttstock when new, & I did change to a POF*USA 4.5LB drop-in trigger & Vortex Sparc 2 optic last year, this are great upgrades just love my carbon 15.


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Does anyone know what the material manufacturing process is for the carbon polymer they use in the upper? That's a pretty vague term. Carbon fiber bike frames and high end vehicle driveshafts sustain MUCH greater forces than their aluminum and steel counterparts but they're also constructed of many layers of woven carbon fiber fabric and require a very labor intensive construction process . These uppers must be a some sorted of molded process to keep the price so low, but what's the stuff they're actually using?

I have seen videos on youtube that when the barrel gets warm it becomes less accurate. have you noticed that issue? the reason I ask is a friend HATES his and wants to sell it to me for $200 BRAND new. I tried to sight it in and couldn't. Yes it has the red dot that came with it.

I have a brand new bushmaster carbon 15 I have never fired it and the upper is cracked….piece of crap is all I have to say..

my bushmaster runs good. 25.000. rounds through it so far I've got a sig 5.56 two that thing sucks

I have about 5k through mine and finally had to get a aluminum upper, the rail came loose from the carbon upper oh well tho still love the gun!

Thanks man…great video

One of my best friends is considering buying this rifle for his first AR and called me the other day to ask me about them . I'm going to steer him to your video , thanks for posting it .

I heard they change the upper to aluminum is that true?? I'm planning on buying one today

So from your experience has the Carbon 15 polymer proven to be durable enough to have complete confidence in it?

I installed a drop in 3.5 single stage trigger and an eotech 512 on the same platform and they are well worth the price for add ons. trigger was $130 off amazon and with a little work(basic stuff) fit and works perfect. I have had a ton of comments on how its crap because its not metal, but when they actually fire it the response is the same, " damn thats light". I had one failure to extract as well and it was also Tula steel, glad to hear thats a problem with the ammo and not this underrated well built firearm.

Thankyou much for this video … Today is NOV 19 2015. I can buy After rebate a Bushmaster OFC 16 M4 with chrome lined barrel for $550… I was looking at the Ruger 556 for $700… I don't know what to do. Please help 🙂 And Thankyou much..

Your Carbon-15 looks similar to mine.  The only difference is that I have a Magpul stock, a Blackhawk grip, and an Holographic sight.  Pretty solid rifle if I say so myself.

Great review, thanks for posting, Blue. What size groups does this rifle shoot? Have you ever considered using this rifle on duty since it performed so well at the Safari Land instructor's course?

Great video it's kinda funny one of my friends he is with the local Police Department and the bought a few off this bushmaster carbon 15 and the love it 👍

This makes me feel better about my c-15. Thanks.

Excellent review. Very helpful.