Friend of mine at work who I do some IDPA and steel shoots and he is wanting to get into 3 gun. He has an AK and I told him he would be better served with an AR for 3 gun. So he tell's me last week that he had got his AR and that it was an Adam's piston AR. I asked why he got a piston gun he said he had done the research and that it would be cleaner, more reliable and that it was what all gun designs were heading towards. I asked if he planned on running a SBR or supressed or planned to be in firefights of several thousand rounds fired at a time (NO to all 3). I told him that he gained more recoil, less accuracy and non standard parts with his piston gun. I asked him why he didn't ask me about the gun before he bought and he said he had done research. Told him that I carried an M16A2 for 7 years and I have owned a BCM and Daniel Defense AR for several years with lots of rounds down range without a single issue. I mentioned the military has been using DI for 40+ years after moving from a piston design in the M14.
I know there has been lot's of discussion in the past on piston vs DI and don't want to beat a dead horse. I'm far from a SME on DI but do have years of exerience with the A2 and Ar's. Find it kind of frustrating when you feel like you could help somebody make a better choice before they spend $. So our 1st 3 gun when my DD runs 100% and IF his piston gun is problematic is it OK to say well I told you so....


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