just got a Bushmaster pump

Vegard · 07-19-2006, 10:22 PM

I was looking around for a pump the other day and I found a Bushmaster, it looked quite nice so I put in a bid and kept bidding till it ended up at $92

All I know is that it`s working and the seller claims it predates the SI line so if anyone can tell me more I`d really appreciate it!

I`m a big pump noob and it doesn`t come with a manual so feel free to tell me everything. I`m looking around in here now so hopefully I`ll learn the easy way

rathbaster · 07-19-2006, 11:06 PM

Looks like you also got a rat-attack 12g changer, cool.

It also appears that the body may be one piece, I don't see the barrel screw. The grip frame looks like a nelspot (or similar) grip frame.

The earliest Line SI Bushmasters were a kit which you used your existing gripframe with. Indeed it appears older than the line of Bushmaster's sold as complete guns.

Others can add more to this enlightenment as there are far greater experts here than I.

A link that leads to a PDF of the Line SI Bushmaster manual is:
PDF Manual

-rath

PJ · 07-20-2006, 07:00 PM

Like Rath said, the first Bushmasters were drop-in kits that you put on your existing Nelspot frame and were one-piece barrels. The first ones were actually the Skirmish gun, a breech-drop, single arm pump. Then came the Bushmasters, followed by the Bushmaster Deluxes.

Chefdave · 07-20-2006, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PJ

The first ones were actually the Skirmish gun, a breech-drop, single arm pump. Then came the Bushmasters, followed by the Bushmaster Deluxes.

Not so sure about that. I distinctly remember the Skirmish SI being released after the Bushmaster as a lower cost gun.

Bored383 · 07-20-2006, 09:06 PM

Skirmish sold early Bushmasters with nelson frames as complete guns . . . thats how mine came back in '88 . . . and it looks very much like what you just got Vegard. The early ones were also all fixed barrel too.

heh - I was actually watching that auction and chose to not bid on it. My old Bushmaster saw hard use from 88 till I got my Air America VM68 some years later - and it looks it. But it still works!

illusion · 07-21-2006, 06:13 AM

I see you found youre way over here Vegard

PJ · 07-22-2006, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chefdave

Not so sure about that. I distinctly remember the Skirmish SI being released after the Bushmaster as a lower cost gun.

So it would be Bushmaster, Skirmish, then Bushmaster Deluxe as the possible release order then? I had it in my mind that the Skirmish gun was first for some reason.

B · 07-22-2006, 08:27 PM

Skirmish's are breach( like 007's and phantoms) drop and one armed usually fixed barrel too. I ahve see a few (very) removable barrel models but thise were in the hands of sponsored teams back in the day.

PJ · 07-22-2006, 10:46 PM

I was hoping you would chime in, B! I thought the breechdrop kits (Skrimish and others) came out first, then the boredrop kits.

BLC_Misfire · 07-22-2006, 11:17 PM

If you look at the placement of the bolt screw you will see that it is 'behind' the feed tube, so it's definitely a bore drop.

07-19-2006, 10:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Vegard Release the kraken Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Norway	just got a Bushmaster pump I was looking around for a pump the other day and I found a Bushmaster, it looked quite nice so I put in a bid and kept bidding till it ended up at $92 All I know is that it`s working and the seller claims it predates the SI line so if anyone can tell me more I`d really appreciate it! I`m a big pump noob and it doesn`t come with a manual so feel free to tell me everything. I`m looking around in here now so hopefully I`ll learn the easy way

07-19-2006, 11:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
rathbaster Paintball Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Where's my GPS?	Looks like you also got a rat-attack 12g changer, cool. It also appears that the body may be one piece, I don't see the barrel screw. The grip frame looks like a nelspot (or similar) grip frame. The earliest Line SI Bushmasters were a kit which you used your existing gripframe with. Indeed it appears older than the line of Bushmaster's sold as complete guns. Others can add more to this enlightenment as there are far greater experts here than I. A link that leads to a PDF of the Line SI Bushmaster manual is: PDF Manual -rath __________________ Pub Crawling BSC Observatory Last edited by rathbaster; 07-19-2006 at 11:12 PM.

07-20-2006, 07:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
PJ Retired from paintball Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Powell, TN	Like Rath said, the first Bushmasters were drop-in kits that you put on your existing Nelspot frame and were one-piece barrels. The first ones were actually the Skirmish gun, a breech-drop, single arm pump. Then came the Bushmasters, followed by the Bushmaster Deluxes. __________________ Paul AIM: PJDarknight CPPA #1145 / PPIG #496 / LPPC #103 / POG #1047 / Team Rogue Cell #7 PJ's Gallery on MCB Feedback on MCB

07-21-2006, 06:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
illusion Norwegian Viking Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Norway	I see you found youre way over here Vegard __________________ http://www.g-supply.com

07-22-2006, 10:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
PJ Retired from paintball Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Powell, TN	I was hoping you would chime in, B! I thought the breechdrop kits (Skrimish and others) came out first, then the boredrop kits. __________________ Paul AIM: PJDarknight CPPA #1145 / PPIG #496 / LPPC #103 / POG #1047 / Team Rogue Cell #7 PJ's Gallery on MCB Feedback on MCB

07-20-2006, 09:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bored383 random probability waves Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sandy Eggo by way of Mobtown	Skirmish sold early Bushmasters with nelson frames as complete guns . . . thats how mine came back in '88 . . . and it looks very much like what you just got Vegard. The early ones were also all fixed barrel too. heh - I was actually watching that auction and chose to not bid on it. My old Bushmaster saw hard use from 88 till I got my Air America VM68 some years later - and it looks it. But it still works!

07-22-2006, 11:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
BLC_Misfire C4 Founding Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Severance, CO	If you look at the placement of the bolt screw you will see that it is 'behind' the feed tube, so it's definitely a bore drop.

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