By my experience, Bushmaster is none too reliable and this news is disheartening, but not entirely unexpected. It IS bad news, but in the past, Bushmaster tried to take shooters to the cleaners back just before the AWB by freezing orders and trying to jack up prices - even on pre-paid orders. Those kind of sleazy ethics lead to this kind of weaseling.
Good information.
Stupid dunderheaded management.
Due to their kowtowing, they'll now pay far more than $500,000 in lost sales.
Didn't they learn from S&W? For several years S&W products were boycotted from dealers' shelves.