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Posted: 1/22/2007 10:51:40 PM EDT
| There is a lot of talk going on about gas pistons. I must say that they have some very lucrative features. For me personally I knew about the DI gas system in the AR15 before I purchased mine, and while I knew its limitations some of its characteristics were selling points for me. I know that piston systems offer better reliability/low maintenance, however fewer moving parts, simplicity and less weight shift were some benifits of the system in my opinion. Did you all buy your ARs for the DI system or in spite of it? |
ThAt piston driven rifles Are more reliAble per se is -debAtible- to sAy the leAst...............cArry on. HUNTER. |
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My dept. requires variants of the Colt AR15, not including piston systems. I do not see that as a bad thing. I acquired my LMT from a friend who decided to try out the piston idea in a Robinson XCR. While the XCR seems to be a good rifle, I do not think it is a replacement for the AR. I guess I am saying even if my dept. allowed the use of the piston systems, I would probably still use the standard gas system. |
Personaly I did not feel its a plus or a minus. It works. And has worked sinse 1942 With the Lugman. I like haveing the same rifle as our military uses. Also from a practicle point. It's easer to get part's and mag's etc. I have two Galil's for example and try getting .308mag's for them! The Ar family has almost 45 years of service. And I have seen it evolove into a true rifle system. With a wide selection of options and Cal. I cant think of any other rifle. That is in it's class. HK's are a great second option. But try and change a barrel on one. My two cent's
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| I've run thousands of rounds of wolf through an AR in the course of a day or two with no problem, I have never cleaned a gas tube on any of my rifles. While the piston uppers may be cool-I've seen an HK and a Leitner Wise, I don't think they are a necessity for reliability. |
+100 The piston system on an AR is a solution looking for a problem. The DI system works just fine. Stoner wasn't an idiot. |
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I never really thought about it. In the Army (and the Army Guard), I've fired thousands of rounds with no problems. Tens of thousands of blanks and it never stopped from stuff building up. Most of my trigger time was with a SAW, so that will explain the low round count I've had with the M16 series. Tens of thousands of rounds of live, and well over a hundred thousand at least of blank through those. I have seen M16's that started to have problems at the last couple ragnes my company went to. But then people were firing from 1000 to 2000 rounds in a single day without any cleaning. The firing pins were a bit difficult to remove from the bolt carrier, there was so much carbon built up. But really, that's hardly a fair test of any weapon I don't think. |
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