View Poll Results: Christensen CA-15 or LWRC M6A2?

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Thread: Opinions Please on "high end" piston models: Christensen vs LWRC...

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    Quote Originally Posted by TRIDENT82 View Post
    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
    No offense and keeping it scholarly here but I sincerely doubt the handful of LMT pistons out there have had the end user testing and evolution that occurs from said testing (in the field) that the HK had. By "sincerely doubt'" I mean not a snowball's chance in hell unless the LMT is issued en masse somewhere and I just don't know about it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TRIDENT82 View Post
    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
    The LMT, LWRC and Colt piston designs are pretty good, but still don't think they are in the same reliability realm as the 416.

    The Military has been doing testing of the various piston systems for some time now. While SOME of them do pretty well, there is always one winner.

    The fact remains that no other piston fitted AR has had more testing/rounds fired through it than the 416.




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    Last edited by C4IGrant; 02-09-13 at 09:41.

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    Re: Opinions Please on "high end" piston models: Christensen vs LWRC...

    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    The LMT, LWRC and Colt piston designs are pretty good, but still don't think they are in the same reliability realm as the 416.

    The Military has been doing testing of the various piston systems for some time now. While SOME of them do pretty well, there is always one winner.

    The fact remains that no other piston fitted AR has had more testing/rounds fired through it than the 416.




    C4
    Exactly what I was trying to say.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Littlelebowski View Post
    Exactly what I was trying to say.

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    I think we posted at the same time.


    For the record, the ONLY piston gun that I actually own is a factory SBR LWRC.

    As I stated I am NOT a fan of piston driven AR's and will pick the HK over my LWRC (which goes against the typical "married to my purchase" BS that we see on the errornet so much).




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    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    For the record, the ONLY piston gun that I actually own is a factory SBR LWRC.
    Huh. I wasn't expecting that. Which one?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic_Salad0892 View Post
    Huh. I wasn't expecting that. Which one?
    M6A2 (with a 10.5" barrel).



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    Ed. L. has it right. I live in NJ and purchasing options are slim, also ...

    not as lucky as some of you guys who live in the free states.

    Thanks for the replies.

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    IMO you don't much benefit from a piston driven gun until you get into short barrels and supressors, but if you've already made that call I'd either go LWRC or PWS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NeoNeanderthal View Post
    Why was Daniel Defense left of this list??
    I have a print out of that post when it was first posted, and DD was originally on it. Not sure why it was edited.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NeoNeanderthal View Post
    "Originally Posted by Larry Vickers

    Piston AR's have their place- to determine if you need one ask yourself four questions;

    1) Do I need a barrel length shorter than 14.5 inches
    2) Do I need to run my gun suppressed a lot
    3) Do I need to shoot a lot of full auto
    4) Do I need to shoot a wide variety of ammo
    In my experience, if you answer "yes" to two or more, a traditional piston should be considered, unless the barrel is dropping below 10.3". I prefer guns that are built from the ground up to be traditional piston operating systems over those stuffed into a DI gun. That being said, I have a user group that uses 8" LWRCs, and they have worked well in classes (2 days, right around 1500 rounds, from 3 to 300 meters). If I had to go with an AR piston I'd first go for an Hk, the middle generation 416s define the piston concept and the IAR/M27 stands strong. Coming in second would be the LWRC, based on my observations of them chugging along merrily (if not a bit bouncy) in 8" configurations.

    Most piston guns exhibit a sharper recoil than equivalent and well setup DI guns.

    All firearms require cleaning, even if only for corrosion prevention and chamber maintenance. Frankly, I zero my ARs more often than I clean them, but I generally keep them protected and lubricated. Decent lubricants (FrogLube, FireClean, Weapon Shield, etc) not only keep the machine running and protected, they also soften carbon and inhibit it's adherence to operating parts. I have dealt with quite a few piston operated firearms, from carbines to medium machineguns, and I will stand in front of any audience and tell them that they all need to be cleaned to maintain proper and consistent function.
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