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1978-New series of serial numbers started on 1-3-78 for 760's starting at B 7,400,000. New serial number range for 742's starting at B 6,000,000 1981-Model 760 ADL and BDL designations replaced with 7600 with straight comb stock and impressed checkering. Bolts were changed from 14 small locking lugs to 4 larger locking lugs.

Occasionally the characters are weak or unevenly applied. A hand stamp is used and can be difficult to read. There are also symbols on the right side of the barrel. The R.E.P. proof mark is usually surrounded by an oval. The magnaflux stamp is most often a symbol inside of a triangle and usually appears to the left of the proof mark, but also may appear to the right or below it. The gallery stamp is to the right of these and may be either one or two symbols or letters. The gallery stamp(s) signify function and accuracy testing. When measuring barrel lengths, go from the gas port on the operating side of the receiver to the muzzle.

1. I didn't pay any attention when I bought it but when I went to record it for my records I noticed my other two Bushmaster Lowers have a serial number starting with BFSxxxxxxx (7 numbered serial number. The lower I just bought has a serial number of L153xxx.(6 numbered serial number) I am trying to identify age.
2. 2002: Bushmaster XM-15 rifle tied to D.C. Beltway sniper shootings which leave 10 dead and three wounded. Bushmaster later pays $550,000 to the families of some of the victims to settle claims of negligent distribution of weapons, but denies wrongdoing, according to the Portland Me.
3. I work for a company that sells firearms, common Bushmaster Serial Number letters are: BK, BFH, BFI, BFIT, L, and ARA A side note, XM15-E2S was created to circumvent California law that originally made XM15 illegal. They subsequently made all XM15 variants illegal.

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Grice Wholesale in Clearfield Pennsylvania specializes in special order 7600's and has had the following models manufactured:
1990 -------500 -----7600's in 7mm-08.
1991-------1000-----7600's in 7mm-08 175th Anniversary models.
1991/93----1200---- 7600's in 25-06 REM.
1991/93 ---1200 ----7600's in 257 Roberts.
1992--------500 ---- 7600's in 270 Winchester.
1992 -------1000-----7600's in 7mm-08.
1992--------500------7600's in 30-06.
1994/95-----75 ------7600's in 243 Winchester --Black Laminated Stock's.
1994/95----700 ------7600's in 270 Winchester--Black Laminated Stocks.
1994/95----700 --- --7600's in 30-06--Black Laminated Stocks.
1998 -------250 -----7600's in 6MM Rem.-- Satin Walnut Stock -- Enhanced Receiver.
1998--------250------7600's in 25-06 -----Satin Walnut stocks -- Enhanced Receivers.
1998------- 250 -----7600's in 260 REM.-----Satin Walnut Stock -- Enhanced Receiver.
1998--------250------7600's in 7mm-08 ------ Satin Walnut Stock -- Enhanced Receiver.
2000--------250------7600's in 243 Winchester --- Brown Laminated Stocks.
2000--------250------7600's in 270 Winchester --- Brown Laminated Stocks.
2000--------250------7600's in 30-06 ------ Brown Laminated Stocks.
2000--------250------7600's in 7mm-08 --- Brown Laminated Stocks.
2001--------300 -----7600's in 35 REM ---- Synthetic Stocks.
2001--------200------7600's in 35 REM Carbines -- Synthetic Stocks .
2003--------300------7600's in 7mm-08 --- Black and Gray Laminated Stocks.
2003--------300------7600's in 270 Winchester -- Black and Gray Laminated Stocks.
2003--------300------7600's in 30-06 -- Black and Gray Laminated Stocks.
2003--------300------7600's in 25-06 -- Black and Gray Laminated Stocks.
2003--------300------7600's in 35 Whelen -- Walnut Stocks.
2003--------300------7600's in 35 Rem Carbine --Walnut Stocks.
2004 -------250-------7600's in 35 Whelen --Walnut Stocks.
*Limited Run Carbine.
'R' Indicates Rifle Production.
'C' Indicates Carbine Production
* There were 4610 760's manufacture in 1966 for the 150 Th Anniversary
* There were 3800 760's manufactured in 1976 for the BI- CENTENNIAL
* From 1952 to 1980 a total of 28 years 1,034,462 760's produced in all calibers
* From 1960 to 1980 there were --42236-- 760's Carbines Manufactured in all calibers
There were a total of 47881 Model 74's manfactured in 30-06 and 1574 280 Remingtons that were made for the European market .
There were 20175 Model 76's manfactured in 30-06 .

Month Of Manufactured Information -- Pick the code that applies to your gun
January --B__ February-----L__ March ---A __April--C__May--K__ June--P__July--O__August--W__September--D
October--E__November --R __ December-- X

1952 --Model 760 A Grade( Tootsie Roll ) Introduced : No Stock Checkering , Corn Cob Lines on Forend , Dovetailed Rear Sight , Aluminum Butt plate , First Serial number was 1001, Replaced Model 141
1954 --Introduction of ADL Grade with Cut Checkering on Stock and Forearm( Five Diamond ).Grip Cap and Sling Swivels Standard . Same Calibers
1960--Carbine With 18 1/2 inch barrel introduced, Rear Sight Attached with screws
1964--New ADL GRADE with impressed checkering on stock and forearm. Replaces previous grades. All have Dupont RK-W ( GLOSS EPOXY ) wood finish and grip cap
1966--Introduction of BDL GRADE with impressed basket weave checkering on stock and forearm with a stepped receiver. Addition of Left hand model ( Buttstock and Safety )in BDL grade .270 - .308 - .30-06 Calibers. 150Th Anniversary Model in 30-06 only.
1968-- ADL model restyled with skip line pressed checkering and white line spacers used on a Black plastic butt plate, Black forearm tip and Black grip cap. After serial number 540773 on 11-26-68 a new serial number block started and shared with Semi-Automatic model 742. Serial number block started at 6,900,000
1974-- Rear sight changed to an adjustable ramp configuration .ADL Grade checkering design at wrist area modified slightly
1976--Limited production BI-CENTENNIAL Model introduced. Receiver marked with Shield and Eagle, flanked by scroll work and 1776 -- 1976 in .30-06 caliber only.
1978--New series of serial numbers started on 1-3-78 for 760's starting at B 7,400,000. New serial number range for 742's starting at B 6,000,000
1981--Model 760 ADL and BDL designations replaced with 7600 with straight comb stock and impressed checkering . Bolts were changed from 14 small locking lugs to 4 larger locking lugs. All Carbines were discontinued. Introduced Model SIX with cut checkering on a Monte Carlo style stock and cartridge head medallion on the bottom of the receiver designating caliber of rifle. All warehouse Stocks of 760's were exhausted by April of 1981
1985-- Sportsman model 76 in 30-06 introduced with plain hardwood stock . Model SIX in .308 caliber discontinued.
1986--Model Six in .6MM caliber discontinued. Limited run of 3000 7600 Carbines
1987--Model 7600 Carbine with 18 1/2 inch barrel introduced in 30-06 only .

1988-- Model 7600 becomes the second factory Rifle chambered for .35 Whelen caliber. Model SIX and Model 76 discontinued . Last year wood received RK-W gloss finish and White line spacers.
1989 --Stock and forearm restyled with Satin finish and all white line spacers were discontinued .
1991 -- Stock and forearm restyled with cut checkering pattern and Monte Carlo Style Stock.Gloss finish offered on .30-06 and .270 only
Additional stamps may be found on 760's as follows :
Stamped number --- 2 ---Part order replaced barrel.
Stamped number--- 3 ---Service section repair.
Stamped number--- 4 ---Returned as received
Stamped number --- 5 ---Employee sale .

We recommend the following book on this subject
Remington Autoloading & Pump Action Rifles by Eugene Myszkowski .

Source--H&H Shooters Supply -Middletown -Pa

This information is dedicated to the memory of :
Paul H. Horetsky, Jr.
September 26, 1942 --- May 7, 2006
H & H Shooters Supply.

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Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC, based in Madison, North Carolina, United States, is an American manufacturer and distributor of firearms. The company's product line revolves around semi-automatic pistol and rifle variants of the M4 / AR-15 design.

History[edit]

Bushmaster Firearms was a company in Bangor, Maine, that went bankrupt and was purchased by Richard Dyke in 1976 and moved to Windham, Maine.^[1] According to a Maine newspaper, it was later sold by Dyke to Cerberus while Krause Publications says it was first acquired by Quality Products Company, in 1990.^[2]

In 2002, Bushmaster and a Bushmaster dealer were the subject of a civil lawsuit brought by two survivors and six families of victims of the October 2002 D.C. sniper attacks which resulted in the deaths of ten and injures to three people. On September 8, 2004 Bushmaster agreed to pay $550,000 of a $2.5 million settlement in the lawsuit and Bull's Eye Shooter Supply of Tacoma, Washington, the Bushmaster dealer from whom one of the perpetrators said he had shoplifted the rifle, paid $2 million. ^[3][4] The company cited mounting legal fees and compassion for the victims and their families as the reason for settling.^[5]

Dyke sold the business in 2006 for 70 million dollars to Cerberus Capital Management. The company became part of the Freedom Group, owned by Cerberus Capital Management, in April 2006.^[6] In December 2010, Freedom Group announced that operations at the Windham, Maine, facility would cease as of March 2011.^[7]Windham Weaponry was founded by the former Bushmaster owners in 2011 in Windham, ME in order 'to put Maine people back to work who lost their jobs' when Bushmaster moved out of state in March 2011.^[8]

In December 2012, Cerberus Capital Management announced its intention to sell Bushmaster's parent company, Freedom Group.^[9] In a press release, Cerberus stated that they would 'retain a financial advisor to design and execute a process to sell [their] interests in Freedom Group' (Freedom includes the former Bushmaster company).^[10] Cerberus indicated that the decision to sell the company stemmed from publicity surrounding the use of a Bushmaster rifle in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. According to the company: 'It is apparent that the Sandy Hook tragedy was a watershed event that has raised the national debate on gun control to an unprecedented level.'^[9][11]

Cerberus announced in late 2013 that it had failed to deliver on its promise to divest itself of the Freedom Arms group and has come up with a plan to buy out some Cerberus investors. Those who chose to give up their shares would get paid off by an unidentified lender.^[12]

In January 2020, parent entity, Remington Outdoor Company, announced that it would be focusing operations on its core hunting and shooting brands: AAC, Barnes, Remington, and Marlin. It also announced that as a result, Bushmaster, TAPCO, DPMS, and StormLake Barrels would no longer be produced.^[13]

In September 2020, in the bankruptcy auction of Remington Outdoor Company the Bushmaster trademarks were sold to Crotalus Holdings Inc.^[14]

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Products[edit]

Bushmaster Serial Number Location

Bushmaster's firearms, such as the XM-15 line, are typically offered in a 5.56 NATO chambering with forged aircraft-grade (7075-T6) aluminum receivers. Most Bushmaster barrels are 4150 steel, offered in 1:9 twist rate, and chrome-lined to increase durability. Some barrels are available with 1:7 rifling, on special order. Stainless steel or chrome molybdenum barrels are available on certain models. Their name is not related to the Bushmaster autocannon. Bushmaster Firearms originally produced their 'First Generation' rifle using an aluminum lower receiver paired to a stamped steel upper receiver. This first generation model used the AK-47 gas system and the recoil spring is located within the upper barrel gas system as compared to the AR-15/M-16, where the recoil spring is located within the butt stock. Originally marketed for police and the military, Bushmaster later changed its unique hybrid version AR-15/M-16 to the standard Colt/Armalite design. The First Generation rifles were chambered for the 5.56mm round. Bushmaster First Generation rifles are very rare and are collectables.

In late January 2008, it was announced that Bushmaster had signed a licensing deal with Magpul, granting Bushmaster the rights to produce and distribute Magpul's Masada rifle, renamed the Bushmaster ACR. According to the company in 2010, Bushmaster began making the ACR available to the civilian market, posting it on its website.^[15]

Carbon 15 is a lightweight AR15 available as rifles or pistols. It saves weight by using polymer instead of the traditional steel or aluminum in the upper and lower receivers. Some models also remove the forward assist and the dust cover, and use a thinner barrel design to save additional weight.

The Bushmaster Dissipator combines a longer sight radius with a shorter barrel to allow more effective use of the iron sights. Similar modifications sometimes suffer from reliability problems due to the close proximity of the gas port to the muzzle, which throws the timing of the weapon's gas system off and makes it more sensitive to gas port diameter and port pressure variables introduced by the ammunition. Bushmaster's solution was to use a low-profile gas block in the normal position for carbine-length barrels and fit the front sight tower/gas block, which is not connected to the gas system, further forward to create the longer sight radius.

Bushmaster Serial Number Bfi

Discontinued[edit]

Bushmaster Serial Number Starts With L J

The Bushmaster Arm Pistol was produced from 1977 to 1990. The Bushmaster M17S is a semi-automaticbullpuprifle that was manufactured by Bushmaster from 1992 until 2005. The BAR-10 was meant to compete in the .308 market against Armalite's AR-10 series rifles and Springfield Armory's M1A Rifle by offering a .308 rifle that could accept the relatively inexpensive metric and inch pattern FN FAL magazines. In 2005 Bushmaster discontinued the BAR-10 line of rifles.^{[citation needed]}

Bushmaster Pre Ban Serial Number Date

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Bushmaster Serial Number Search

• Bushmaster XM15 E2S A2 16in Dissipator Model

• Bushmaster Carbon-15 SBR (shorter barrel)

• Bushmaster Dissipator barrel with M16A2 handguard

• Bushmaster ACR

• Bushmaster M17S

• Bushmaster XM15-E2S M4 Style Carbine

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References[edit]

1. ^Singer, Natasha (November 26, 2011). 'How Freedom Group Became the Big Shot'. The New York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
2. ^John Walter (25 March 2006). Rifles of the World. Krause Publications. pp. 76–. ISBN978-0-89689-241-5. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
3. ^Butterfield, Fox (September 10, 2004). 'Sniper Victims in Settlement With Gun Maker and Dealer'. The New York Times. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
4. ^Jackman, Tom (September 10, 2004). 'Gunmaker, Store Agree To Payout in Sniper Case'. The Washington Post. p. 1. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
5. ^Manning, Stephen (September 10, 2004). 'Families of sniper victims reach settlement'. The Washington Times. Associated Press. Retrieved April 18, 2007.
6. ^Balentine, John (April 21, 2006). 'Dyke sells Bushmaster Firearms'. Archived from the original on December 31, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
7. ^'Bushmaster closing facility in Windham'. Wlbz2.com. 2010-12-10. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
8. ^Hall, Jessica. 'Owner seeks to sell rifle maker Bushmaster'Portland Press Herald December 18, 2012.
9. ^ ^ab'Cerberus to sell gunmaker after massacre'. CNN. December 18, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
10. ^'Cerberus Capital Management Statement Regarding Freedom Group, Inc'. Prnewswire.com. 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
11. ^Reaction to Newtown Shootings Spreads to Corporate AmericaThe New York Times - December 18, 2012.
12. ^Foley, Stephen (2013-12-09). 'Cerberus offers investors way out of gunmaker Freedom Group'. FT.com. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
13. ^https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/is-remington-leaving-the-msr-market-dpms-bushamster-and-tapco-sites-are-shuttered/
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15. ^'Bushmaster Firearms: Press release'. Bushmaster.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-02-01.