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Posted: 4/28/2011 8:05:59 AM EDT
I have a newbie question for you experts. I have found the AR platform late in life and picked up a post-ban Bushy as my first. This is a 14.5 in HB with an AK 74 brake. It was NIB from a person who just put it away. I love the way it feels but do want to change out the brake to an extented FH if I keep it. My problem is my friend,s Sig 556. I like the fact of the piston as I have always used this weapons system. My delemma is keep the Bushy and the gas system or trade for a new Sig and the piston. My gun safe makes it one or the other. Thanks.
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| I would recommned that you keep the DI gun. You may be accustomed to rifles with pistons, but the AR was never really designed to use one. That's not to say that the piston guns don't work, its just that unless you are running a supressor or a very short barrel, I really do not believe that the piston provides any benefit over the DI. When you take into account cost, added weight, proprietary parts, ect., the piston gun does not offer any real improvement (except in some limited circumstances). Further, if you really want a piston gun, you can do better than the SIG. |
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Nothing wrong with the Bushy IMO. I'd even leave the brake on it unless you really want to get rid of it; if your barrel is 14.5 then the brake is "permanently" attached which means removing it would not be easy.
Since it's what you have, I'd shoot it. I get to run a SIG 552 every so often and like it, but the old M4 platform is hard to beat. |
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The problem with pistol system is that the carbon build up isn't in the BCG where you can easily break down the weapon by popping out your take down pins and clean, it's in the piston system itself. If your gun starts failing from the carbon build up you will need to take apart the gas piston system itself and clean it. You will need tools to do this.
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I would recommned that you keep the DI gun. You may be accustomed to rifles with pistons, but the AR was never really designed to use one. That's not to say that the piston guns don't work, its just that unless you are running a supressor or a very short barrel, I really do not believe that the piston provides any benefit over the DI. When you take into account cost, added weight, proprietary parts, ect., the piston gun does not offer any real improvement (except in some limited circumstances). Further, if you really want a piston gun, you can do better than the SIG. This^ Another thing is the availablity of parts and armorers for the DI AR system, you can usualy find parts locally, the SIG on the other hand if you ever have any problems with it or broken parts it will be a different story |
| Keep the DI. Pistons on ARs are a solution in search of a problem. The problem with pistons is that many are made from proprietary parts. If yours goes down, you don't have many choices on what parts to use to fix it. With most DI ARs, including your Bushy and all mil-spec guns, most parts are universal. Keep the DI. |
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Keep the DI. Pistons on ARs are a solution in search of a problem. The problem with pistons is that many are made from proprietary parts. If yours goes down, you don't have many choices on what parts to use to fix it. With most DI ARs, including your Bushy and all mil-spec guns, most parts are universal. Keep the DI. +1. I have a pre-ban Bushy similar to yours. It has many 1000's of rounds thru it. DI works just fine... give it an occasional cleaning and it will run for many years. |
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