gunslinger
Well-Known Member
IF,,,you have shot one or own one tell me what you think.
IMHO the only mature and evaluated piston systems on the market are: The HK416, LMT, and LWRC. There are others like the Adams Conversion or the Adams equipped Stag Rifles that are a mixed bag. The truth is 99.9% of shooters will never shoot enough to realize the advantages of Piston Operating Systems. You will however get to deal with all of the drawbacks; weight, less inherent accuracy, cost and expensive proprietary parts. No thanks make mine DI.
I agree on the piston AR's. It has gotten to the point that there are as many proprietary piston systems as there are AR's out there. Frankly, the AR was meant to be DI and making such a radical design change to it is just illogical. But everyone wants to get on that band wagon. If you REALLY want a piston driven gun, get one that was made from the ground up to be a piston gun, like a SIG 556, or a ACR, or XCR or something. I have the SIG 556 and I am VERY happy with it. It has come down in price quite a bit since it was introduced and its about the same price as a descent AR. Its actually cheaper than a cheap AR with a piston kit added on to it.
I just can't resist the chance to post a pic of my end of the world gun
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I have never had a problem with DI. I just hate the boing, boing, boing when I shoot.