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Russ4777

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Posted: 7/12/2026 9:10:35 PM EDT

What ever happened to Ares Defense and their piston conversion?

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SCR556

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Posted: 7/12/2026 10:32:24 PM EDT

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Ares Defense became Fightlite and the piston did not make the cut.

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Posted: 7/13/2026 3:57:05 PM EDT

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I built a gun with their piston conversion. That thing rocked a ton of full auto mag dumps and never stopped. Even some beta mag dumps. The bolt stayed clean and cool

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Posted: 7/25/2026 1:47:11 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By SCR556:
Ares Defense became Fightlite and the piston did not make the cut.

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They moved to the Space Coast a long time ago. That piston conversation kit died out like majority of the drop in kits in the same time frame. I think it was the mid 2010s they stopped advertising the kit.

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