I hedged my bets and got a LMT as you can switch back to a DI system or try out different calibers pretty easily....
-Tom
I hedged my bets and got a LMT as you can switch back to a DI system or try out different calibers pretty easily....
-Tom
An AR with it's piston at the gas block doesn't run any cleaner than an AR with it's piston in the carrier. It just deposits the fouling in a different spot.
The gas block reaches significantly higher temperatures than the carrier. A piston located to the gas block will be subjected to higher temps.
The AR system that locates the piston at the gas block is very similar to the FAL. I don't find a standard AR to be any harder to clean than the FAL. If anything, I find the AR is one of the easiest rifles to clean. (Because it fires the larger 7.62x51, the FAL actually produces more fouling than the AR, but that's a different issue)
I bought a piston gun, and I now regret having spent the extra money & wish I had spent it on ammo, mags, or optics. No complaints about the gun, I just no longer think a piston is worth it since a I am not doing any of the things that a piston is "better suited" for according to the SME's.
There is only ONE top of the line piston AR and that is the 416. Everything else is behind it (far behind it).
With that said, you don't strike me as someone that shoots enough to need a piston.
Save your money and get TWO quality DI guns. Then, attend training and learn what you do not know.
C4
You don't need to clean a DI gun. Just dump more oil in the BCG and keep goin'.
If you wanna clean it, pop the pins out, pull the BCG apart, wipe everything off with a rag and some carb cleaner, put it back together, dump oil in the BCG, wipe down the charging handle with oil and keep goin'..
Are you looking to configure the weapon as a suppressed SBR on a FA lower? If not, I doubt you'll see the benefits to a piston gun. If anything, you'll probably experience more downsides (weight, recoil, cost, etc). Buy a good DI gun.
Also- look up BCM's Filthy 14.
Can you expound a little bit on why LMT's piston design is far behind the 416?
Great write up by M4C mod SMGLee....
LMT MRP piston vs. HK 416
As a former LWRC M6A2 (#20) owner, I'll say this; I really liked it BUT it did not do anything better than my DI ARs and was a bit heavier so I ultimately sold it. It just was not worth the extra coin I spent and it did not hold value very well.