Bushmaster Carbon 15?

**nerdburg** · September 10th, 2013, 08:53 PM

I've never owned an AR, but have been thinking about buying one for a long time. I got a coupon from Dunham's offering the Bushmaster Carbon 15 for $679. A quick search on Gunbroker makes me think it's a pretty reasonable price. Opinions? Advice?

TIA

**johnfritz** · September 10th, 2013, 09:11 PM

No. Save another couple hundred bucks and get an aluminum lower AR/M4gery.

Google is your friend. Don't buy that gun.

**solrac7** · September 10th, 2013, 10:11 PM

This was just covered last week!

RUN like the wind Bullseye !

These seem to be popping up everywhere at discounted prices. Polymer lowers seem to be ok, but not the uppers.
Cb

**nerdburg** · September 10th, 2013, 10:21 PM

Ahh yes I see the thread now. Sorry for the new thread. Thanks guys for the info!

**JW1914** · September 10th, 2013, 10:46 PM

Definitely stay away. I wouldnt buy that rifle for $500. To me that is a $300 AR. Get ANYTHING else and you will have something better for sure.

**scruff** · September 10th, 2013, 10:55 PM

I'd pay $100 as a parts gun.

**johnfritz** · September 11th, 2013, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by solrac7

... Polymer lowers seem to be ok, but not the uppers. Cb

Are you serious? Polymer upper too? Jeez Louise. High Point AR.

**dkf** · September 11th, 2013, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by johnfritz

Are you serious? Polymer upper too? Jeez Louise. High Point AR.

Yep. Poly upper. Not fair to compare it to the hi point really, the hi point is actually durable.

**The Shadow** · September 12th, 2013, 04:34 PM

I had one, BRIEFLY, in the early 1990s. Most parts are not compatible with mil-spec. Handguard gets too hot to hold very quickly.
You might want to check out this deal instead:

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Terry

**Orlov556** · September 11th, 2013, 09:31 PM

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhh!

covered here:

http://forum.pafoa.org/rifles-42/230...rth-money.html

but i must admit the word "carbon" wasn't in the thread title so i do not fault you.

BTW, run away from it...it is a POS and it will more than likely cause more problems than its worth.. there are several fine ARs sub 700 dollars i called them out in the other thread...