1. Bushmaster Pistol Gwinn Firearms Sale
2. Gwinn Bushmaster Assault Rifle
3. Bushmaster Pistol Gwinn Firearms Company

About 25 people toting signs and flags - and a few rifles - lined the sidewalk in front of the Best Western Plus University Inn Saturday night, where the Latah County Republicans' annual Lincoln. The Bushmaster Arm Pistol was a 5.56×45mm NATO firearm, categorizeable as either a long pistol (under the American legal definition of a pistol) or compact carbine rifle, produced by the Gwinn Firearms Company, and later Bushmaster Firearms Inc.

Bushmaster Arm Pistol. Walter Keller of Safety Harbor Firearms & Hank Shoot the Rare Bushmaster Arm Pistol made by the Mark Gwinn of Gwinn Firearms Company & Bushmaster Firearms.

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So after acquiring the Armspistol many years ago, my interest in these early Bushmaster/Gwinn firearms was sparked.Over the years, I have run across the Bushmaster Rifle and Assault Rifle. I decided to do a write up on the differences I see between them. These are the 3 products they produced before Quality Parts (AKA Bushmaster today) bought them out. Firearms were produced with the Gwinn name from 1972-1974 according to some sources on the web.Here is what I found from another site:The Gwinn Arms Company of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, were in business from 1972 -1974 before Gwinn went bankrupt, and Quality Parts (reformed as Bushmaster ) bought them out.

Mark Gwinn was the inventor of the original bushmaster rifle. Later Mack W. Gwinn JR Started the MGI - Mack Gwinn Industries (Modern manufacturer of quick change barrel system and other components for the AR-15).The wooden stock one is markedBUSHMASTER RIFLEGWINN FIREARMSBANGOR, MAINE USA5.56MMR0012XXThe Folder is markedBUSHMASTERASSAULT RIFLEBUSHMASTER FIREARMSPORTLAND, MAINE USA5.56 MMF013XXYou can see the difference between them.The folding stock operates with a latch but doesn't stay folded.

I read somewhere there was a magnet that was supposed to stick it to the receiver but mine does not do that. The wooden handguards are also shaped a little different between them. Both appear to have the skinny M16 barrels.The front pivot pin on the wooden rifle is much like the AR pins of today, the folder has an E-clip between the ears that goes into a slot on the pin.The front sight base is a little larger on the folder, there is also a channel drilled in the barrel that is exposed, like where the taper pins for a front sight base on an AR would go. Not sure if this was a recycled barrel from an AR.The charging handle on the wooden rifle is on top while the folder has it on the left side. The rear sights are also completely different.You can see the wooden one with the charging handle on top has a larger rear sight, it's actually part of a dust cover on top that slides off to clean the piston. The whole top can be exposed by removing the rear sight and taking out the charging handle/piston.The folder is more like an AR180 where you have to take the charging handle all the way back and then it comes out to remove the piston.

The dust cover stays intact.The Armspistol is markedBUSHMASTER PISTOLGWINN FIREARMSBANGOR, MAINE USA5.56MM0056XXYou will see the charging handle on the wooden rifle and arms pistol are almost identical, they both have dustcovers that come off to remove the piston.The folder was produced at a later time since it bears the Bushmaster name, but the front pivot pin seems to be more crude with the e-clip. Kind of strange, I would like to hear any thoughts on why they would do that.Also there were multiple variations in all their firearms. There are at least 3 recorded variants of the Armspistol. On the rifles, I have seen the handguards swapped btw.

The folder and nonfolder.Here are some more online articles regarding this little piece of Bushmaster history:Hope you enjoyed the little writeup. Originally Posted By JD42:Very nice wright up and pictures. On the Arm pistol.

Is that a Bull Barrel or a std. Barrel with a shrowd? I have not seen one in a long time.I think the barrel is actually part of the receiver. I don't see any way to swap barrels. It does start of thick at the receiver and taper down.What's cool about the Armspistol is that it tilts to either the left or the right and the rear sight can be moved to either direction. This allows the mag to rest on your forearm and more importantly to direct the direction of the spent brass.

It was designed for helicopter use where you would not want the spent brass going into the blades. Originally Posted By boywonder777:Originally Posted By JD42:Very nice wright up and pictures. On the Arm pistol.

Is that a Bull Barrel or a std. Barrel with a shrowd? I have not seen one in a long time.I think the barrel is actually part of the receiver.

I don't see any way to swap barrels. It does start of thick at the receiver and taper down.What's cool about the Armspistol is that it tilts to either the left or the right and the rear sight can be moved to either direction. This allows the mag to rest on your forearm and more importantly to direct the direction of the spent brass. It was designed for helicopter use where you would not want the spent brass going into the blades.the arm pistol was also used moderately in South and Central American countries.

Its design made it ideal for use in dense bush. The arm pistol was also mfg in 2 varieties. The most common one was a stamped receiver. There are still a few models of the early prototype out there. That one was made from a milled receiver and the charging handle was attached by countersunk allen head bolts.

A former aquaintence of mine is still in posession of it. It has a 2 digit serial #!the one i owned was fairly accurate but had issues with the bolt cam pin/receiver rail causing occassional malfunctions.if interested i still have the owners manual that came with mine.

It came as a photo copied paper. And i may still have the accessory catalog that offered you a wooden buttstock for the arm pistol (iirc). Originally Posted By jim:Originally Posted By boywonder777:Originally Posted By JD42:Very nice wright up and pictures. On the Arm pistol.

Is that a Bull Barrel or a std. Barrel with a shrowd? I have not seen one in a long time.I think the barrel is actually part of the receiver. I don't see any way to swap barrels. It does start of thick at the receiver and taper down.What's cool about the Armspistol is that it tilts to either the left or the right and the rear sight can be moved to either direction.

This allows the mag to rest on your forearm and more importantly to direct the direction of the spent brass. It was designed for helicopter use where you would not want the spent brass going into the blades.the arm pistol was also used moderately in South and Central American countries. Its design made it ideal for use in dense bush. The arm pistol was also mfg in 2 varieties. The most common one was a stamped receiver.

Bushmaster Pistol Gwinn Firearms Sale

There are still a few models of the early prototype out there. That one was made from a milled receiver and the charging handle was attached by countersunk allen head bolts. A former aquaintence of mine is still in posession of it. It has a 2 digit serial #!the one i owned was fairly accurate but had issues with the bolt cam pin/receiver rail causing occassional malfunctions.if interested i still have the owners manual that came with mine. It came as a photo copied paper. And i may still have the accessory catalog that offered you a wooden buttstock for the arm pistol (iirc)wow, never knew that it was actually used in practice.

Gwinn Bushmaster Assault Rifle

I'll send you a PM, don't have an owner's manual. This gun was a classic example of very advanced thinking, but some spotty execution. If it had been manufactured by somebody that was a pro at manufacturing, it would have been a different story.Mack was fresh out of the service after retiring as a Captain in the US Army Special Forces where he did 7 tours in Nam with MacVSog.

Bushmaster Pistol Gwinn Firearms Company

Started out as an enlisted man, made it into Special Forces, and worked his way up to a battlefield officer's commission during his Vietnam years. Originally Posted By custom-concepts:The assault rifle (folding stock version) was my first high powered rifle. You are correct about the magnet to hold the stock over to the reciever. It was rectangular and on a clip that snapped onto the stock.

Marred the hell out of the receiver. God that brings back memories. $12 / 100 rds of.223. Damn that was a while ago.Thanks for posting the pics and write up. Brings back good memories of blasting away at the range during a summer Sunday, many years ago.cool, i guess the magnet was lost on the rifle i bought. They did put a piece of velcro on the wooden forearm to keep it from being banged up by the metal stock.

Originally Posted By boywonder777:it would be cool if we could get a timeline and variants that were produced.i would also like to know why the bushmaster folder (produced later than the gwinn), had the inferior front takedown pin section.what was the reason behind the change of the charging handle on top with removable dust cover to side charger with faxed dust cover? What about the change in rear sights?also it would be great if he had a box of leftover parts.

Originally Posted By boywonder777:Originally Posted By custom-concepts. You are correct about the magnet to hold the stock over to the reciever. It was rectangular and on a clip that snapped onto the stock.cool, i guess the magnet was lost on the rifle i bought.

They did put a piece of velcro on the wooden forearm to keep it from being banged up by the metal stock.Mine has a snap (like you'd find on a cheap windbreaker) instead. I don't know if it was a production change or an owner before me replaced the magnet with the snap.I picked mine up many moons ago and it came with both lower receivers - a fixed and a folder.

(FYI, for those unfamiliar, on these rifles it was the upper receiver that was the serialized/transferrable part, not the lower as on a standard AR.). Originally Posted By HardShell:Originally Posted By boywonder777:Originally Posted By custom-concepts. You are correct about the magnet to hold the stock over to the reciever.

It was rectangular and on a clip that snapped onto the stock.cool, i guess the magnet was lost on the rifle i bought. They did put a piece of velcro on the wooden forearm to keep it from being banged up by the metal stock.Mine has a snap (like you'd find on a cheap windbreaker) instead. I don't know if it was a production change or an owner before me replaced the magnet with the snap.I picked mine up many moons ago and it came with both lower receivers - a fixed and a folder. (FYI, for those unfamiliar, on these rifles it was the upper receiver that was the serialized/transferrable part, not the lower as on a standard AR.)is the fixed stock wood? Can you shoot a close up of the snap?glad to see these coming out of the woodwork. Originally Posted By twl:Originally Posted By boywonder777:it would be cool if we could get a timeline and variants that were produced.i would also like to know why the bushmaster folder (produced later than the gwinn), had the inferior front takedown pin section.what was the reason behind the change of the charging handle on top with removable dust cover to side charger with faxed dust cover? What about the change in rear sights?also it would be great if he had a box of leftover parts.