Bought an AR15

[Cool Cat Racing]

1. ArmaLite was the company that came up with the AR-15 platform and colt just bought out the rites so they could produce it.

2. Since you are inexperienced w/AR's you shold've posted before you bought because we probably would have steered you towards a Rock River, Bushmaster, or Stag Arms AR-15 instead of letting you get the Colt, dont get me wrong, I'd love to have a Colt AR, but your paying for the name, not the rifle. Those 3 arms manufacturers make as good if not a better rifle that Colt does. Shit for $1500 you might have been able to buy a piston operated AR. Just my .

Actually there's a few pistons for under a grand now. Kinda stripped but out there. And for that price it leaves plenty of room for upgrades. If he'd have looked there's a great deal on a nice AR right here in the FS section, would have saved enough to buy a nice Eotech.

[WickedIXMR]

Actually there's a few pistons for under a grand now. Kinda stripped but out there. And for that price it leaves plenty of room for upgrades. If he'd have looked there's a great deal on a nice AR right here in the FS section, would have saved enough to buy a nice Eotech.

What's the advantage of having a piston instead of a gas gun? I remember seeing it on tv but I forgot what advantage it had. IIRC I think it wouldn't heat up as much or jam. Also what would you have to do to convert to a piston? I have a RRA AR and just seeing if that was possible. Sorry for all the questions.

[Danny]

What's the advantage of having a piston instead of a gas gun? I remember seeing it on tv but I forgot what advantage it had. IIRC I think it wouldn't heat up as much or jam. Also what would you have to do to convert to a piston? I have a RRA AR and just seeing if that was possible. Sorry for all the questions.

Puts all the heat, grime and residue out in the front of the gun instead of the reciver. Also puts more weight out front. Whether or not these are true advantages or not seems to be up in the air still.

[Cool Cat Racing]

What's the advantage of having a piston instead of a gas gun? I remember seeing it on tv but I forgot what advantage it had. IIRC I think it wouldn't heat up as much or jam. Also what would you have to do to convert to a piston? I have a RRA AR and just seeing if that was possible. Sorry for all the questions.

You can get a conversion kit or you can get a full upper already assembled. I've thrown the idea around but the benefits don't outweigh the drawbacks for me. For 99.9% of the people shooting with an AR you'll never see the benefits enough to make it worth buying a new upper. If you're buying a new AR then a good piston setup will make cleaning it much easier but as Danny said, it does put a bit more weight on the end. Depending on how you're shooting it this may or may not be an issue. The whole reason they didn't use a piston to begin with was full auto stability/cyclic rate and weight. For the civilian rifles thats not as big of a deal but for me its not worth the cost to buy another one.