Carter
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I've always been a fan of piston's and have been looking at getting a piston AR (LWRC or SR 556) for awhile. However, after the time comes nearer to buy and more research done I have started to reconsider. Piston's are highly expensive and would leave me little or no room for an optic, ammo, and extra magainzes....making the purchase pointless for quite a long time. Also, pistons due give reliability superior (IMHO) to DI, but I'm entering the LE field and be using it for home defense and range time, not desert warfare, swimming through swamps, or running silencers.
My first experience with a DI AR was a Del-ton that had major extracting problems, and I'm sure it was the extractors fault and not carbon build up due to the round count.
So I've come down to a few decisions...
I want a heavy barrel or medium barrel, properly staked gas key (but not necessary since I can upgrade a bolt carrier later), chrome bolt carrier group and barrel, and I'd prefer to not have the standard AR front sight. I'd also like to stay under $1400.
I was thinking about a colt because they seem to do it all right, except they use a werid trigger group from what I read. I'd like to upgrade it to a heavy barrel later because I don't like the thin under the handguard m4 barrel.
RRA I have heard nothing but good things about (except they don't have a properly staked gas key) and I can get a chrome bolt carrier group from them, 2 stage trigger group, milspec buffer tube (I already have a magpul stock for it from a previous purchase), and they have heavy barrels on a lot of models.
I'm not too familiar with bravo company, but everyone seems to say good things about them, and my friend has one that I've shot and was very impressed. I don't know what bolt carrier group I'd get for it, but I'd like the RRA lower for the reasons stated above.
SO those are my choices. I'd appreciate your input on my conversion to the DI point of view.
My first experience with a DI AR was a Del-ton that had major extracting problems, and I'm sure it was the extractors fault and not carbon build up due to the round count.
So I've come down to a few decisions...
I want a heavy barrel or medium barrel, properly staked gas key (but not necessary since I can upgrade a bolt carrier later), chrome bolt carrier group and barrel, and I'd prefer to not have the standard AR front sight. I'd also like to stay under $1400.
I was thinking about a colt because they seem to do it all right, except they use a werid trigger group from what I read. I'd like to upgrade it to a heavy barrel later because I don't like the thin under the handguard m4 barrel.
RRA I have heard nothing but good things about (except they don't have a properly staked gas key) and I can get a chrome bolt carrier group from them, 2 stage trigger group, milspec buffer tube (I already have a magpul stock for it from a previous purchase), and they have heavy barrels on a lot of models.
I'm not too familiar with bravo company, but everyone seems to say good things about them, and my friend has one that I've shot and was very impressed. I don't know what bolt carrier group I'd get for it, but I'd like the RRA lower for the reasons stated above.
SO those are my choices. I'd appreciate your input on my conversion to the DI point of view.