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Posted: 5/27/2003 5:48:43 AM EDT
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Someone said that Bushmaster now uses a Pin through the bottom of a Flash Suppressor that is Permanenly Fixed to the barrel?? That would look like Crap? I have a couple old Pre Ban's with Permanenly Fixed Flash suppressor and there are No Pins through the bottom? Is this guy crazy or what? Thanks, |
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Here's a pic of the bottom of my perm. phantom on my bushy. I couldn't find any evidence of a pin except for a slight uneveness of the finish on the bottom. hope this helps. [image] www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid63/p76c52dff45943f6d92d646faa0afa9b8/fc106012.jpg[/image] |
| Any of the Bushmasters that I have/had with the pin sticking out and visible were done with post ban crowned muzzles (no threads). The one AK brake I have was done with the blind pin method. If you look really hard you can barely make out the pin. For the most part Bushmaster will blind pin just for asthetic reasons. |
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My pre-ban Bushmaster 14.5" M4 upper has a permanently-attached Phantom flash suppressor with a blind pin. You cannot even tell that it is there. A post-ban Bushmaster Dissipator that I owned had an AK-style muzzlebrake permanently attached with a visible pin. Maybe Bushmaster only uses the visible pin on post-ban AR-15 rifles. |
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Bushmaster (and any other company) is required to use a blind pin, welded over, whenever there is a need for the muzzle device to be counted as part of the barrel length (such as a 11.5" barrel with 5.5" FS, or a 14.5" barrel with Phantom/Vortex FS), OR when there is a need to legally negate the threads by permanently attaching a post-ban-legal muzzle device. So, if your barrel by itself is 16" or more, and you have a brake installed on a plain muzzle, the pin holding it on will be exposed, allowing you to remove the brake if you wish. If the barrel is shorter than 16" and going on a non-NFA rifle, or if it's threaded and going on a post-ban, the muzzle device must be permanently attached. Note that, for example, any Armalite barrel that has a muzzle brake is actually threaded, and the brake has been blind-pinned and welded in place to negate the threads from the "banned item" count. -Troy |
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