I've had an 18" 5.56mm M6A2 for about four months. It has been reliable as well as VERY accurate. With Federal 55 fmj I can easily get 1" at 100 yds with a 2 moa aimpoint. With 68 gr Match loads it shoots FAR better than I can hold it.
I took mine down and cleaned it after 800 rds and it required FAR less brushing and general fiddling around than ANY AR I've ever cleaned. One can literally douche off the bcg, same for the piston assy, swab the barrel, wipe off the parts, lube and put it back together. Cleaning with piston guns seems to be a real non issue.
And I WOULD say the quality is OUTSTANDING.
FN in MT
just a couple of points, if you shoot the m6a2 back to back with a di weapon you will find that the recoils is substantially greater and any reduction is muzzle rise is due to the increased weight and muzzle heavy design of the m6a2.
their chf barrels are from blanks made by ruger and the inconsistancy in accuracy may be due to the fact that when you cut threads in chf barrels, for flash hiders for example, the bores can open up a bit in response to this.
I'll agree with you that the LWRCs (and piston guns in general) tend to be more muzzle heavy than a comparably equipped DI gun, but disagree that they tend to recoil more.
What accuracy inconsistencies are you referring to? I know that they had some issues with the button rifled blanks they were getting prior, but haven't seen or heard any complaints with the new CHF barrels. On the contrary, most users are seeing near match grade accuracy.
Stephen
I am only interested in a piston for a .308, but thought I'd add what I read by Constructor of www.ar15performance.com :
Constructor, what are the benefits of long vs. short stroke pistons systems? What makes your piston system different from a conversion system bought from another manufacturer?
"No op rod return springs to break like on the short stroke systems, the springs on the short stroke are over the hottest part of the barrel.
No spring pressure on the barrel from the op rod being pushed forward.
Our system has 5 ports and an "off"
A long stroke is a "push" system not an "impact" system.
Our system can be cleaned from the front by removing 1 pin, you have to remove the float tubes to clean most short stroke systems.
99% of all short stroke systems were copied from the Armalite AR180
my original design for the mono-chassis is based on the AK the LS system is modified to work in an AR15 without modifying the receiver."
via http://68forums.com/forums/showthrea...t=6889&page=15
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shoot an m6a2 back to back with a 6920 and tell me it doesn't recoil more, most likely this is due to the fact that it and most other piston operated ar's are over gassed.
in so far as accuracy is concerned as i have stated numerous times, the best results i can get from the barrel, benched with match ammo is just under 3 moa and i'm not the only one. now that's fine for a fighting carbine. if as you say and others have posted, the barrels are capable of match grade accuracy i.e. below 1 moa, then assuming all things being equal, what would account for the difference?
the only references i can find with regard to this is from european manufacturers who have noted that chf barrels will open up when threads are cut into them.
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