Bushmaster AR with Factory HBAR marked barrel?

[Sgt6402]

Is the Bushmaster AR15 with Factory HBAR marked barrel still banned just because of it's name?

Thanks

 

[DutchV]

Yes, banned by name. I assume that they didn't bother to sue because the MD market is so small.

 

[Sgt6402]

Damn!!!! Found an Old one that is real nice....... Oh Well!!

Thanks

 

[rondon600]

Are you kidding.... you can’t even buy a barrel?

 

[rondon600]

Dr the u to make it say Bashmaster

 

[Threeband]

Those used to be sold cash and carry/non-restricted in Maryland, because the MSP knew perfectly well that "Bushmaster" referred to a totally different, non-AR rifle. The Bushmaster Rifle, which had an AK type mechanism, was made in small numbers by several different makers back in the last century, but was never a success.

The reason it is on the ban list is because several staffers working for Dianne Feinstein bought a copy of Gun Digest and looked at the pictures in the catalog section. They listed the guns that they thought looked scary. This was in 1988, which explains why the List includes a number of obscure guns long out of production, such as the "Bushmaster."

As I said, the MSP always knew that AR rifles with the brand name Bushmaster where not the rifles on the List, and so the HBARs were never treated as Regulated Firearms in Maryland.

After the new Infringement Law was passed in 2013, the MSP suddenly started pretending that everything with the Bushmaster brand name was banned. This is just one more administrative interpretation being treated as law.

There isn't much that can be done about it, but the cynical dishonesty of the MSP just disgusts me.

 

[rondon600]

So they banned the brand of rifle which is stupid. But If your lower is Anderson for example who cares what the barrel says. It’s still an Anderson not Bushy.

 

[Threeband]

The barrel would not be marked with the brand name, and could be used on another rifle. The administratively banned rifle could be sold as a parts kit, but it would make more sense for the original owner to keep the grandfathered lower and build the most un-approved pre-ban rifle imaginable on it. At least put a government profile barrel on it...

 

[The Saint]

Here's my pre-AWB Dissipator I've owned forever. It's aight haha.

 

[outrider58]

Those used to be sold cash and carry/non-restricted in Maryland, because the MSP knew perfectly well that "Bushmaster" referred to a totally different, non-AR rifle. The Bushmaster Rifle, which had an AK type mechanism, was made in small numbers by several different makers back in the last century, but was never a success.

The reason it is on the ban list is because several staffers working for Dianne Feinstein bought a copy of Gun Digest and looked at the pictures in the catalog section. They listed the guns that they thought looked scary. This was in 1988, which explains why the List includes a number of obscure guns long out of production, such as the "Bushmaster."

As I said, the MSP always knew that AR rifles with the brand name Bushmaster where not the rifles on the List, and so the HBARs were never treated as Regulated Firearms in Maryland.

After the new Infringement Law was passed in 2013, the MSP suddenly started pretending that everything with the Bushmaster brand name was banned. This is just one more administrative interpretation being treated as law.

There isn't much that can be done about it, but the cynical dishonesty of the MSP just disgusts me.

And why was the Bushmaster named? Sandy Hook

 

[Ponder_MD]

Damn!!!! Found an Old one that is real nice....... Oh Well!!

Thanks

Pffft, buy it *because* it's banned. When the AWB is overturned... you'll have it.

 

[outrider58]

The barrel would not be marked with the brand name, and could be used on another rifle. The administratively banned rifle could be sold as a parts kit, but it would make more sense for the original owner to keep the grandfathered lower and build the most un-approved pre-ban rifle imaginable on it. At least put a government profile barrel on it...

Military profile barrels aren't banned per se. You can buy a Colt SOCOM 14.5" barrel and put it on a post ban gun. It has a Gvt profile(grenade launcher constriction). You can own a grenade launcher(M203 style) still, though it is considered one of the unholy three(flash hider, folding[functional] stock, and-or a grenade launcher). The barrel only needs to be advertised or marked "heavy barrel".

 

[calicojack]

The current Windham Weaponry rifles are effectively Bushmaster. Also, some of the Remington AR rifles made through 2014 or so are really re-branded Bushmaster rifles. They show up on Gunbroker from time to time. This one is more of a hunting rifle.

See https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2007/10/18/remington-r-15-the-new-ar/

A Windham Weaponry heavy barrel dissipator is the closest thing that is currently available and legal.

Windham Weaponry R16DA4T For SALE - AtlanticFirearms.com

Windham Weaponry Dissipator Model Heavy Barrel AR15 Rifle R16DA4T. Semi automatic AR-15 Rifle chambered in 5.56NATO. 848037036339.

atlanticfirearms.com

Or this one for an M4 style carbine:

Windham Weaponry R16A4T Rifle SALE - AtlanticFirearms.com

Windham Weaponry R16A4T AR15 Rifle , Heavy barrel carbine with a ton of great features and backed up by a Lifetime Warranty . M4 Patrol Rifle 848037000019

atlanticfirearms.com

 

[MattFinals718]

Those used to be sold cash and carry/non-restricted in Maryland, because the MSP knew perfectly well that "Bushmaster" referred to a totally different, non-AR rifle. The Bushmaster Rifle, which had an AK type mechanism, was made in small numbers by several different makers back in the last century, but was never a success.

The reason it is on the ban list is because several staffers working for Dianne Feinstein bought a copy of Gun Digest and looked at the pictures in the catalog section. They listed the guns that they thought looked scary. This was in 1988, which explains why the List includes a number of obscure guns long out of production, such as the "Bushmaster."

As I said, the MSP always knew that AR rifles with the brand name Bushmaster where not the rifles on the List, and so the HBARs were never treated as Regulated Firearms in Maryland.

After the new Infringement Law was passed in 2013, the MSP suddenly started pretending that everything with the Bushmaster brand name was banned. This is just one more administrative interpretation being treated as law.

There isn't much that can be done about it, but the cynical dishonesty of the MSP just disgusts me.

I should point out that we discussed this issue in another thread, here:

Sell old Bushmaster Varminter (heavy barrel) rifle?

Ask me if I ever wonder why I moved here from Idaho...Hey Boise. I grew up across the Snake River in OR. Things have changed there. They are changing everywhere. I just hope SCOTUS will put an end to it all. . .. Sent from my SM-G781U using Tapatalk

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The barrel would not be marked with the brand name, and could be used on another rifle. The administratively banned rifle could be sold as a parts kit, but it would make more sense for the original owner to keep the grandfathered lower and build the most un-approved pre-ban rifle imaginable on it. At least put a government profile barrel on it...

Yeah, I've debated buying a Bushmaster HBAR-style upper for my fixed-stock lower (which is not a Bushmaster).