Howdy all. Lurked on this board for a few weeks, figured I'd register contribute a bit.
Bottom line, I'm thinking very hard about buying a Bushmaster ACR enhanced, brown. I'm pretty much sold on it but I wanted to talk to you gents who have the experience with the system.
My interest in the rifle is is probably mainly for collection. I'm in the U.S. Army, armor branch, two Iraq tours. I'm no stranger to the M16/M4 system, its pros and cons. When I got back from my most recent tour I bought a Bushmaster Gas Piston Rifle (an M4 with a POF piston). After kitting it out and having some fun with it, my gun buying itch is getting me again. I'm very keen to get the ACR, put my ACOG TA01 ECOS on it, put an EOTECH on the M4 and call it a day on 5.56mm rifles for my personal arms room.
Because I fancy myself a minor collector, the idea of having redundent weapon systems doesn't bother me. In fact, it sort of acts as a positive for pitching this to the wife as its another rifle that can fire the 2000+ rounds of 5.56 I have floating around.
I was mainly wondering if anyone had any specific feedback that suits my back story. My local gun store has the rifle I'm looking for, $2400. Its a bit of coin, but I do have the money right now. Doing a bit of shopping around, I can get the same rifle for $100 less at my home gun store in Texas, and the owner has always given me a 10% military discount too. What is ya'll's take on a "good" price for a new enhanced ACR?
My only big question is what the experience is firing 5.56mm NATO ammo. I've seen some stuff on the internet that insists that the ACR is only ment to handle .223 Remington, and I'd like to know that the M855 67 grain steel core 5.56mm NATO rounds I have will work without issue. I made a point of noting the ".223/5.56 NATO" stamp on the barrel when I inspeced the one at the local gun store.
Anyway all, thanks in advance for the feedback. If and when I take the plunge I look forward to contributing to the community.
-Busboy
Bottom line, I'm thinking very hard about buying a Bushmaster ACR enhanced, brown. I'm pretty much sold on it but I wanted to talk to you gents who have the experience with the system.
My interest in the rifle is is probably mainly for collection. I'm in the U.S. Army, armor branch, two Iraq tours. I'm no stranger to the M16/M4 system, its pros and cons. When I got back from my most recent tour I bought a Bushmaster Gas Piston Rifle (an M4 with a POF piston). After kitting it out and having some fun with it, my gun buying itch is getting me again. I'm very keen to get the ACR, put my ACOG TA01 ECOS on it, put an EOTECH on the M4 and call it a day on 5.56mm rifles for my personal arms room.
Because I fancy myself a minor collector, the idea of having redundent weapon systems doesn't bother me. In fact, it sort of acts as a positive for pitching this to the wife as its another rifle that can fire the 2000+ rounds of 5.56 I have floating around.
I was mainly wondering if anyone had any specific feedback that suits my back story. My local gun store has the rifle I'm looking for, $2400. Its a bit of coin, but I do have the money right now. Doing a bit of shopping around, I can get the same rifle for $100 less at my home gun store in Texas, and the owner has always given me a 10% military discount too. What is ya'll's take on a "good" price for a new enhanced ACR?
My only big question is what the experience is firing 5.56mm NATO ammo. I've seen some stuff on the internet that insists that the ACR is only ment to handle .223 Remington, and I'd like to know that the M855 67 grain steel core 5.56mm NATO rounds I have will work without issue. I made a point of noting the ".223/5.56 NATO" stamp on the barrel when I inspeced the one at the local gun store.
Anyway all, thanks in advance for the feedback. If and when I take the plunge I look forward to contributing to the community.
-Busboy