Bushmaster XM-15 Standard -16” A2 Patrolman’s Carbine

You could also put a 16“ inch pencil barrel in from either Faxon or KAK Industry to get a more authentic/original look.

Awesome information 💪 thx buddy 🙏🙏🙏

Any idea of the gas port size? I’ve always heard how Bushmaster’s gas ports on carbine length barrels were too large. With that said, the one I measured myself was the same size that Colt uses. It was an older barrel though.

Please don’t push bushmaster to switch their twist rate
I own that rifle and it stabilizes Hornady 80gr eld to 300yd and you can’t even fit those in the magazine you have to single feed them

And the F mark Front gas block is a good thing allows you to dial down to MOA on your rear sight without having to modify it so…. people that typically shoot within 300 m this is beneficial to them because they will be point of aim point of impact at any range

Normally I have to put in a taller front site post and re-calibrate the rear to give me an extra 2 MOA Of down and I don’t need to do it with that rifle
And 1/7 really when was the last time you seen tracer ammunition for sale on the shelf at your local sporting good store everyone shoots 55-77 gr and that is perfect for a 1-9

Really appreciate your info. I am glad to hear what you said about Windham.

Great video. Lots of great info. Thank you.

"Best group was shot by Henry Chan" no surprises there 🙂

Look how ignoring the civilian market worked out for colt, FN has all of colts military contracts and now colt is barely hanging on

I have an older Bushmaster that has the carbine length barrel which is stepped up and heavy. I put Magpul Slimline grips on it. A Sylvan folder for the stock. A new carry handle with A2 sights. Hits at 445 yards are fun. This is using 55 grain reloads. No one wants to buy this ungainly truck rifle yet it never jams. I keep expecting it to flounder but oh well all I get is non stop functioning. I no longer care what it looks like.

I love the old school look, KISS ar and also iron sights on ar, simple yet very effective and battle proven,

When did Bushmaster stop the 1/9 barrels on the m4?

I have had mine since the early 2000's. I have no complaints. I have thousands of rounds through it. It's still going. No, Beto isn't going to take it from me. Maybe stick it up his ass, but he ain't getting to keep it.

Used this to make a 727 clone

I carried a2 then later m4. But I prefer a1 and a2

I called them last year about an issue I was having with one of their rifles and they told me they only offer a one year warranty on their firearms. This was after they moved to New York. Kind of turned me off to buying any more firearms from them.

Damn you, I have always wanted an A2 M4 Carbine to go with my M16A2 Rifle, so I ordered this Bushmaster, I will have to go through all the Washington 1639 "Assault Weapons" Bullshit, but I priced out building one, and trying to track down all the correct parts is a PITA, so I will deal with the BS and 30day wait period, added fees, extra paperwork, and everything else, so I can have a M4A2 Carbine

Thanks for the video! I have shot a ‘90s Bushmaster and it was great. Not a big fan of FG/Remington products these days after getting a dud.

Bushmaster has some very high quality rifles fit and finish is beautiful better then colt.

The group that bought bushmaster is backed by George Soros They were gonna move the factory down to Venezuela the fat boy down their back by the democratic Communist party when the guys that region to started bushmaster found out he went there and took the equipment employees and everything in started his new company

My very first AR platform rifle was a Bushmaster Shorty AK. 14.5" barrel with a pinned and welded AK74 style muzzle device.

Nice review as always.
I remember Bushmaster was held in high regard back when there was only a few AR manufacturers.
Colt, Armalite, DPMS and Bushmaster were the big 4 and Bushmaster was considered near the top.

I had a Bushmaster XM-15 16" Dissipator . A REAL dissipator with rifle length gas system.
It was very well made, 100% reliable and offered good accuracy from its 5.56 chambered, 1/9 twist, chrome lined 16" barrel.
In fact, i knew nothing of the reliability issues many dissipators suffered from. Mine always ran fine.
I fired a best 3-rd group of 3/16" at 25 yds and a best 100 yd 5-rd group of 1.1" though 1.5" to 2.5" was the norm with a 3-9x scope mounted.
It was a great rifle and i wish i still had it.

Just wanted to throw a comment to express my appreciation for what you do. A lot of folks would not find these reviews as interesting as I do but, I really enjoy the black rifles. I enjoy learning the differences however small they may be. I particularly enjoy the history of Colt, Whindam, Bushmaster, and DPMS. I wish I had the scratch to build a collection like you certainly have. I'd love to go to the range with you. What a black rifle geek holiday that would be.

I still own an A2 DCM rifle with a very heavy barrel with the free floated hand guard that is a tack driver and always goes bang when I pull the trigger. The trigger is better than mill spec but a bit vague by todays standard but if you get use to it you can still make it work for you. It's a very heavy rifle but I love it and have shot ragged hole groups at 100 yards with a leupold 3-9 scope on top of the carry handle and I can take the scope off and put it back on and it goes right back to zero.

Love my Bushy…. Thanks for posting.

Great vidio. Thanks

I found a new favorite channel

Chris Great video did Bushmaster get GOVERNMENT /MILITARY contract on any level…I cant find any reliable source

Wish I’d have bought more bushmasters and less colts in my life, after learning how big of assholes colt turned out to be. I was 15 in 1989 and worked all summer to buy an AR, the only model the gun shop had was a Colt AR15 A2 HBAR sporter. Wish I still had it though.

When I did my PSA AR's both have iron sights because I wanted that look. This was before the Brownells Retro line. If I had the money I would have that entire line.

How many times has Colt gone bankrupt?

Bought my first Colt in 1976 and several other's over the years. The problem with Colt is that they have been screwing their commercial customers for years and going after the military customer.The civilians were better served by other companies by companies like Bushmaster.

Bushmaster prior to 2007 was as great as the best of them. Tight tolerances, reliability, accuracy & stood side by side with the citizens to honor the laws.

This was the rifle Dad bought on the night of the '08 presidential election. He paid 1000$, taxes included, and felt that it was a fair deal. Academy had completely sold out of anything semi-auto, all their .223, 7.62×39 was out of stock and their salesmen were doing their best to convince people all their bolt actions were better than semi-automatics. Interestingly, .22lr hadn't been sold out. I remember him buying like 12,000 rounds for his Ciener-Atchisson conversion kit that he'd let me plink on with this rifle. I fell in love with the A2 sights and it was one of the few guns I could actually swing without relying on my body weight at the age of 12. Once again, Obama sold my family on the AR-15.

Genealogist

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Mar 13, 2015 … Excluding and

including the Indian. There is a curious phrase in the

Constitution of the United States. It appears in Article I,

section 2, and it …

Supreme Court ruling

In a unanimous 9–0 decision released this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with IJ and Tyson Timbs and ruled that the Eighth Amendment’s protection against excessive fines applies to every level of government. Writing for the majority, Justice Ginsburg states that “[p]rotection against excessive fines has been a constant shield throughout Anglo-American history for good reason: Such fines undermine other liberties. … They can also be employed, not in service of penal purposes, but as a source of revenue.”

IJ brought this vital constitutional question before the Court last November in the context of civil forfeiture, which perfectly illustrates the majority opinion’s point. In allowing state and local governments to seize and keep cash, cars, homes, and other property—often without ever convicting owners of any wrongdoing—forfeiture laws give law enforcement a powerful incentive to police for profit.

This decision will provide every single American, including those who fall victim to forfeiture abuse, with robust constitutional protection against excessive fines imposed by state and local governments. Moreover, today’s opinion gives IJ ammunition to take on other abusive fines and fees schemes throughout the nation. We also plan on making Timbs the first in a series of cases the Court takes on to fundamentally reassess the constitutionality of civil forfeiture laws

Timbs v. Indiana – Institute for Justice

Timbs v. Indiana | LII / Legal Information Institute
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cert/17-1091
In January 2013, Defendant Tyson Timbs purchased a Land Rover with $42,058.30 in life-insurance proceeds after his father’s death. Indiana v. Timbs at 2. Timbs then regularly used the Land Rover to buy and transport heroin in the State of Indiana for his drug addiction.
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There ARE Limits: IJ Takes Excessive Fines Case to the U.S. Supreme Court … law: Whether the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause applies to state and local authorities. … All of the amicus briefs can be downloaded from the Supreme Court's website. … The following video news release discusses Tyson Timbs v.

Supreme Court skeptical of 'excessive' government fines,…
http://www.usatoday.com/…/supreme-court-hear-case-exce…/2127196002/

Nov 28, 2018 … The Supreme Court looked askance at hefty fines levied by state and local … on whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of "excessive fines" applies to the states. If the justices rule that it does – which appeared all but certain … Indiana's seizure of Timbs' Land Rover – purchased for $42,058 before he …
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"PEOPLE COMPELLED TO FILE INCOME TAXES

VIOLATES THE 5TH AMENDMENT"
Supreme Court ruled that income taxes constitute the compelled testimony of a witness: "The information revealed in the preparation and filing of an income tax return is, for the purposes of Fifth Amendment analysis, the testimony of a witness." "Government compels
the filing of a return much as it compels,for example, the appearance of a 'witness' before a grand jury." Garner v. United States, 424 U.S. 648 (1975). :. Established that wages and income are NOT equivalent as far as taxes on income are concerned. "Decided cases have made the distinction between wages and income and have refused to equate the two in withholding or similar controversies.
Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. United States, 435 U.S. 21(1978); Peoples Life Ins. Co. v. United States, 179 Ct. Cl. 318, 332, 373 F.2d 924, 932 (1967); Humble Pipe Line Co. v. United States, 194 Ct. Cl. 944, 950, 442 F.2d 1353, 1356 (1971); Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. United States,194 Ct. Cl. 920, 442 F.2d 1362 (1971); Stubbs, Overbeck & Associates v. United States, 445 F.2d 1142 (CA5 1971);

Royster Co. v. United States, 479 F.2d, at 390; (4th Cir. 1973); Acacia Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. United States, 272 F Supp. 188 (Md. 1967). Supreme Court ruled that: "Waivers of Constitutional Rights not only must be voluntary, they must be knowingly intelligent acts, done with sufficient awareness of the relevant circumstances and consequences.":

Brady v. U.S., 397 U.S. 742 at 748 (1970) (a) not effectively connected with the conduct of a “trade or business” (public office per 26 U.S.C. §7701

(a)(26)) in the United States (government),

(b) not earned from sources within the geographical federal 5 territory. See Newman-Green v. Alfonso Larrain, 490 U.S. 826 (1989) “United States” defined in 26 U.S.C. §7701(a)(9) and (a)(10),

(c) not subject to reporting per 26 U.S.C. §6041 because not connected to a statutory “trade
or business” (public office)

(d) not subject to withholding because not statutory “income” per 26 U.S.C. §643(b) and earned by a “non-resident non-person non-taxpayer

TRADE vs COMMERCE All commerce is subject to statutes. Trade is NOT. Certain persons and activities are in commerce. Contracts between people are TRADE and are NOT subject to State regulation like commerce is. And contracts between people are under EQUITY jurisdiction,

while commerce is subject to STATUTORY jurisdiction.

Re: Notice to Clerk The minute you receive any document, it is recorded according to the following case site. Biffle v. Morton Rubber Indus., Inc., 785 S. W.2d 143, 144 (Tex.1990). " An instrument is deemed in law filed at the time it is delivered to the clerk, regardless of whether the instrument is "file-marked." *15 U.S. Code § 7001 – General rule of validity:(a) In general Notwithstanding any statute, regulation, or other rule of law (other than this subchapter and subchapter II), with respect to any transaction in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce— (1) a signature, contract, or other record relating to such transaction may not be denied legal effect, validity, or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form; and (2) a contract relating to such transaction may not be denied legal effect, validity, or enforceability solely because an electronic signature or electronic record was used in its formation..

Every time I think about putting an optic on my AR, I end up saying "do I really need it?" I'm not shooting in competitions or hunting…this rifle is solely for fighting, if that day should ever come. And I seem to do just fine with irons within any realistic engagement distance, even with my crappy eyesight.

I've spoke with many people who have referenced your videos over the years. I looked at your subscriber count @ 35.7k, wtf? I then looked over and noticed I wasn't subscribed doh!…. I could have swore I subscribed a few years back. Love your videos, and please keep up the great work!

Great video and information.
Its a pleasure to listen to someone with so much real hands on knowledge.
Thank you Sir.
Thank you for your Military service as well.I own a Bushmaster XM15 -E2S and its a Tack Driver.A d solid.No Malfuctions in all these years

Freedom Group the killer of eveeything freedom.

Finally a modern day discussion of this Bushmaster. Nobody wants to talk about it except for regularguy and it's a fantastic weapon. Obviously I own one. Mine has the removable carry handle otherwise, same weapon. $800 is no chump change either.

I have that exact carbine, bought it in 2009. It has the Windham, ME roll marked lower.

have owned more than a few old bushmasters, both in rifle and carbine formats. they all performed flawlessly. never cared for the 1/9 twist barrels once i put my hands on colt's 1/7 but bush did produce a run of carbine 1/7 twist barrels and i was able to score six one year on their return from Camp Perry. great stuff when tom barr was there.

Windham Bushmaster guns were awesome. Freedom Group Bushmasters big nope. Problems with mine got me to discover BCM searching for a replacement.

Part of the old school " A, B, C"….Bushmaster fell off for a while BUT their quality is back ( full auto mpi bolts, 4150 steel barrels, 1:7 twists, 7075T6 uppers and lowers- yeah they DID sell 6061T6 uppers and lowers, military buffer tubes vs civilian buffer tubes)

Would you say that an XM15-E2S, built in 2004, was built after the problems you noted were corrected?

What's the rest you're using while shooting?

We have two older full auto bushmasters still in service as patrol rifles… they’ve been fantastic. Converted to semi auto and some updated furniture has been added.

Bushmaster wins in the marketing department by virtue of name alone, makes you think of some sf commando laying down some hate in Vietnam….Colt?
Makes me think of single action revolvers.
Bonus points for not having "tacticool" in the name.
The only real improvement that I'd want out of that is some sort of incandescent coating on the sights. Simple & less bullshit to worry about.

12:40 would you consider having it cut to 14.7 and pinned? That would really tie the XM4 look together.