Originally Posted by
HeruMew
This topic, I don't quite understand what it is about this one, but, lets get into the nitty gritty.
I own multiple AR15s. Some get more use than others.
My very first AR15 was an Adams Arms AA15, driven with the carbine length AA Piston. I don't regret that at all, to this day.
Most of us, hell, the Majority of us will not be entering a battlefield with our rifles.
As a commercial consumer aspect, its kinda hard to get any AR that truly won't run less than a few hundred rounds. Is there exemptions to that? Sure. But I think a lot of us can agree that we have a lot of high round counts on one off examples about as often as the one off examples of failure.
(Please don't string me up, I am not implying that PSA will outrun a Colt, but I am confident both would run hundreds of rounds before requiring a cleaning due to stoppages.)
Nonetheless, the gist of the debate here is the benefits vs the weaknesses.
Someone on page 1 mentioned it added a ton of recoil. That has never been my experience. A cheaper entry level AR in DI is almost always over gassed, comes with a carbine weight, and is gunna throw some power with true 5.56 spec ammo. The piston system I have keeps the felt inertia pretty consistent even between different factory ammos, and I have mentioned before, but the piston weight keeps muzzle rise low, and the piston creates very linear recoil vs lifting recoil.
My DI, will now always remain my go to gun, my SHTF, home defense. Not because of any reliability issues, I trust my AA15 too, but parts swapability just doesnt make sense to use proprietary in a potential scavenging/breakage situation.
Ignore the cleaning selling points. Carbon will get in the action still, just not as much. But it's still gun cleaning.
Just make sure you know what you're getting and for what. I bought my AA15 Blem for 525 after discount and coupon, not including FFL. I was 21 buying my first AR and its done that job wonderfully.
Make sure it fits your budget, and importantly, your long term needs.
I still fully support a 6920 as anyones primary and first ar15, I will be stocking up on those for my future kin, as it can't be beaten for true hard starter and training use.
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