My Bushmaster ACR review:
Well I bought this because it was the only rifle I knew of that addressed some fundamental ergonomic flaws in the AR15 rifle, such as the charging handle, bolt release and rigid stock.
Modifications:
- Waitaki can
- Vortex Strike Eagle 1-6x in a American Defence QD mount, it came with MBUS sights
- Remington Military version handguard as it's more comfortable without the rails
- The previous owner put a gieselle trigger in it.
I've had it about two or three years now and estimate I've put about 1500-2000 rounds through it, mostly reloads. I haven't had a single problem with it except one FTF, probably a mag issue. I've never bothered shooting a group with it, I have no reason to believe it's inaccurate but wouldn't try and claim "sub MOA".
Advantages:
- Two setting gas block, Suppressed and unsuppressed, changes in less than a second without tools.
- Folding stock which is adjustable for length of pull and cheek height, all without tools.
- Piston, runs cleaner.
- Monolithic rail and floating barrel.
- Ambi Controls, bolt release, mag release, safety, all in the same place on both sides and can be manipulated without removing the master hand.
- The charging handle is furthur forward and can be pushed on, removing the need for a forward assist and able to chamber quietly. Also non reciprocating unlike the
SCAR. Can be changed from one side to the other.
- Sling points already on rifle.
Disadvantages
- Weight 3.7kg vs 2.8kg or standard Bushmaster AR15
- Cost, it cost me $4.5k second hand.
Conclusion:
I believe the ACR is a superior design to the AR15, it just needed further refining to get the weight down unfortunately this is unlikely to happen without a military contract although it looks relitivly easy to reduce the weight at a glance. For the money needed to get a AR with the same features you'd likely spend big money anyway.
I've owned an AR15 before and use one on a regular basis but still prefer my ACR.
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