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Posted: 11/14/2004 3:22:10 AM EDT
| I have been pricing Bushy varmint 20", ss, free-float uppers and I find it hard to justify spending almost as much on the upper ($825 with internals) as I spent on the whole rifle. Is there another manufacturer that makes an upper similar to this at a lower cost. BTW, I do not want to sacrifice quality, just to get a lower price. If this is just the going rate then I will have to just suck it up and make the purchase. Thanks in advance for the help. |
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Go Rock River Arms. I have a RRA 24" varmint upper and I couldn't be any happier with it. Couple hundred bones less than Bushmaster and I would say it is of equal quality. www.rockriverarms.com |
Bushy Varminter is essentially a bull barrel behind the gas block, and it is the ONLY non-SS barrel Bushmaster makes that is NOT chrome lined. I'd go with the RRA version, if for no other reason, for the 1:8 twist. And if the contour is THAT big of a deal to you, get it from ADCO (do that anyways, they're great to deal with, and the upper is cheaper than RRA's list... only $500!) and have it contoured from the FSB forward for another $60!!! |
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Quoted: i have a varmit kit from jt distributing that shoots sub moa all day. its cheaper. very nice kit but it has a bull barrel which is gonna be way heavier than the bush varmit and the bush has the crhome lining i think on the non ss barrel [ +1 I have a 16" varmint kit, very nice./] |
| I just put an "upper" on that I got from M-1. It's a 16" stainless fluted with a 223 chamber. I haven't done a lot of load work-up yet, but with my favorite load from my other gun (24.3 gr. of IMR4895 and a 68 gr. Hornady match bullet, and bench rest primers ) it shoots right at 3/4 inch for 6-10 shots,. I believe that with a little load work, I can get a little less from it. I am looking for consistant 1/2 or less. Much of the accurace is in the ammo. Take great care with brass preperation if you want "one-holers". |
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