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Early bushmaster

riverrattriverratt Member Posts: 56 ✭✭
edited January 2008 in Ask the Experts
I just bought an early bushmaster assault rifle with folding stock and black wooden forearm. Its in pretty rough condition but I liked it. Can anyone tell me where I can find any info on it? I have searched google and didn't find anything. Thanks for any help you can give.
Tom.
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I believe that I had one that was similar years ago. Mine had a fixed wooden stock, rather then a folder.

    They were made by a predecessor of the current Bushmaster Co, during the 1970's. Production was in the South. Mechanism was completely different from the current A R types, ( more like an AK ).

    Although mine functioned fine it didn't like reloads, unless they were run through a small base sizeing die. Folks made fun of me when I picked it up in a trade, but it worked just fine, with ammo it liked. After I spray painted the light colored wooden stock and foreend black, it didn't look half bad either.
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  • stevenrayspeckstevenrayspeck Member Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Some pics would be nice........ I'll bet there was a lot of paper work to fill out to get a actual "assault rifle"[:D][:D][:D]

    If its realy early it could be a Sp-1, But i won't know without pics.
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  • Wehrmacht_45Wehrmacht_45 Member Posts: 3,377
    edited November -1
    No these are not even AR rifles, they look like a cross between an AR18 and a Daewoo K1
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  • riverrattriverratt Member Posts: 56 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't have pictures of it to post. It has a stamped receiver with " Bushmaster assault rifle" stamped on the left side. The Galil style folding stock has a magnet clipped to it to hold it in the folded position. The bolt/carrier is really odd. The carrier looks like a square steel block with the spring in front like an ak. The bolt looks like a modified ar bolt with an ar firing pin. The barrel looks like an ar with an a1 flash hider and bayonet lug. The sights look like armalite ar 180. The rifle is in rough condition and I would like to find out if parts are available for it as well as when it was made and for what purpose. Thanks for the help, Tom.
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  • hughes1hughes1 Member Posts: 274 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Olympic Arms made lowers for Bushmaster early on.

    SN Range 1st Date End Date
    V0001 V0716 12/02/1986 10/01/1987

    These receivers were manufactured
    for Bushmaster. While all of these
    are for BM, there were more.
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  • stevenrayspeckstevenrayspeck Member Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by riverratt
    I don't have pictures of it to post. It has a stamped receiver with " Bushmaster assault rifle" stamped on the left side. The Galil style folding stock has a magnet clipped to it to hold it in the folded position. The bolt/carrier is really odd. The carrier looks like a square steel block with the spring in front like an ak. The bolt looks like a modified ar bolt with an ar firing pin. The barrel looks like an ar with an a1 flash hider and bayonet lug. The sights look like armalite ar 180. The rifle is in rough condition and I would like to find out if parts are available for it as well as when it was made and for what purpose. Thanks for the help, Tom.


    Realy...Hmmmmmmm... this is a first one for me. I would love to see pics.... Are you sure you don't have a camera laying around somewhere?

    Once i see it and get a idea of how its put together i'll have a better idea of were to find parts, If any are to be found.
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This is what my rifle looked like. It came with very light colored wooden furniture, (that I painted black). The flashhider was made of inferior material. The gas pressure caused it to deform, I put one from a A R on it. As they were made over 30 years ago in small quantities by a different company, with the same name. Parts might be hard to come by?



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  • riverrattriverratt Member Posts: 56 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks rufe-snow, for posting the picture. Thats what mine is except for the folding stock. Did yours shoot well?
    Thanks for the help, Tom.
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by riverratt
    Thanks rufe-snow, for posting the picture. Thats what mine is except for the folding stock. Did yours shoot well?
    Thanks for the help, Tom.


    Mine functioned fine, with factory ammo. Didn't like reloads. Wasn't exceptionally accurate, probably because of the AK type mechanism with the gas piston attached to the bolt. At the time, lot of folks laughed at me, because they didn't have a good reputation for reliability. Because of this I wouldn't be putting big money in yours buying parts, even if your able to find them. Unless your able to pick up the parts for chump change, you'll probably never get your money out of it.
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