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Posted: 8/9/2010 3:47:26 PM EDT
| I am getting ready to start my first build and am looking for some advice. I am starting with a stripped upper and lower and I want to go with a piston upper. I have read all good things about the Adams Arms kit, any suggestions as to a good barrel to use for this? Budget is a little concern but not the main one. Looking at an 18-20" with a 1x7 or 1x9 twist rate. |
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IMHO I was swayed by the appeal in my first build so I have to ask... why a piston system?
I got hooked on the cooler and cleaner running advantages. After many discussions here as to the original DI design and proven performance, I saw the light not to mention also saved a lot of money. If I had to much money I would add one piston to the inventory just to have one. Shot one at a local shot show and that is all I needed. 
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I am getting ready to start my first build and am looking for some advice. I am starting with a stripped upper and lower and I want to go with a piston upper. I have read all good things about the Adams Arms kit, any suggestions as to a good barrel to use for this? Budget is a little concern but not the main one. Looking at an 18-20" with a 1x7 or 1x9 twist rate. If budget is a concern, I would think twice about paying 300 bones for a piston kit. However, if you're sold on that, get one of BCM's stripped uppers for ~$87 and then a Spike's stripped lower from Brownell's for about the same amount. As for a bbl? I'd go with something that is 1:7 twist. It will stabilize everything from 55gr-77 (and even beyond that). I'd for sure recommend a Wylde chamber (5.56 at least). Frank White at Compass Lake Engineering is cutting some of the finest bbls I know of. Check him out. |
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