So we were looking at academy at lunch yesterday and I just mentioned that I liked a bushmaster we had the guy pull down, so she went back and bought it when I go back to work after lunch!!! It’s a Bushmaster ORC 5.56 and I was wondering what you guys thought of it? I was completely not expecting her to do that and normally she wouldn’t but, unknown to me, she just got her tax return.
Oh, I think I’m gonna go ahead and marry her!!!
I’ve not heard anything good about Bushmasters, but the girl is a keeper. 
Read this thread: Click!
I would say do what is mentioned in that thread and keep it since it was a gift, and start saving for a DD, BCM, or Colt.
Any girl who would do that is a keeper! My wife bought me a Galil for our anniversary…true love:D
chicks normally do stuff like that before they tell you something bad they have done…
just kidding, my wife made me build her an AR after she fired mine :laugh: she sounds like a keeper.
these guys will all tell you to return it, but you could keep it and shoot it, and when you get another, which you will, let her shoot the bushy if she comes to the range with you. seems everyone that owns one ar, usually gets another. an another.
Ignore what everyone says about the rifle, enjoy it as it is a gift. Also buy the bloody woman a ring, any girl that in touch with a man needs to be secured.
This has got to be a joke.
This is akin to me posting on a Harley Davidson forum how my Vespa rules the road
My first major gift from my wife was a rifle. I love her more every day. Get on the ring buying asap!
The bushmaster will be a good starter AR. Have fun shooting it, learn proper operation and maintenance, then get another one. No reason to buy a top of the line AR if you don’t know what to do with it. Enjoy the gift and marry that girl.
First off I want to say welcome to the forum. Second I want to say you’re screwed now! You have the sickness. No turning back now. Thirty years from now when you are looking at your extensive ar collection you can thank your wife and this forum, and you’d be smart to marry that one like everyone had said.
Bushmasters are generally considered a lower quality ar however the beautiful thing is that its your first and will make you fall in love with them. The Johnny go fast ones will come later. Everyone of them is an Investment. I will suggest that you do plenty of reading here and any questions you may have start with the orange search button at the top right of the page.
Don’t get too worked up about what people are saying about the Bushmaster. Yeah, it’s not the greatest…but that is definitely not the point here. Buy her a ring.
Congratulations on the new rifle. I have no personal experience with Bushmaster rifles so I can’t comment directly, but they generally aren’t held in high regard here due to quality issues. Regardless, it’s a gift; keep it and enjoy it.
Read and soak up all the information you can on this site. I started by looking through the stickies located at the top of this forum, and the stickies in AR Technical. Inspect it and ensure it functions properly, using those stickied topics as a guideline. Shoot your rifle, learn its ins and outs, and marry that girl.
Just to reiterate some points. Bushmaster is not the greatest brand but DO KEEP IT and marry the woman!
Read the thread espnazi linked and do as advised, then go out and enjoy it. Since youve signed up here, read all the other stickies and learn. Welcome!
I bet she didnt realize (and yourself either) that your wallet will be forever flat due to the AR addiction headed your way. Buy her a Colt 6920 and a diamond that wont fit in the barrel!
Now that’s the type of girl I would put out for! 
After you use the heck out of it, I suppose you can upgrade every part except for the lower and it’ll still technically be the same rifle she gave you!
Who cares what kind it is. Both are keepers. Run it till it breaks, fix it, run it, then fix it.
Congrats! Any girlfriend that buys you a firearm is a keeper in my books! 
Pics please…and not of the rifle.
Girl is a keeper for sure. As for the ring thing, I happen to know an excellent place
Keep and love both the rifle and girl!
Nothing wrong with bushmaster as a first black rifle.