12-17-2016, 12:37 AM
I went with the piston for much the same reasons - easy to clean and reliable if it has to run dirty (SHTF scenario). I used to own a FAL and frequented their forum and was amazed at the Tale of Ol' Dirty - a lengthy thread by a FAL owner who purposely ran thousands of rounds with not only with no cleaning (aside from assuring a safe bore), but sometimes submerging the rifle in whatever form of mud happened to be handy. And it just ran and ran and ran.
As for accuracy, I haven't pushed out beyond 100 yards yet (range limitation where I shoot) but at that distance my Precision Arms rifle with an Adams piston can cloverleaf fairly regularly. The biggest wildcard in accuracy is definitely me.
The primary advantage I see in DI is weight and cost. And that has some merit and appeal to me, I may yet pick up a DI Grendel. I might even like it better (except for the cleaning part).
But when I hear people say "DI works, why change it?" I sometimes feel it should be said "Gas pistons are clean, rugged, reliable and still accurate, why change it?"
If I bought the argument that I should go DI just because Stoner did, I would still be using a telephone with a cord.
As for accuracy, I haven't pushed out beyond 100 yards yet (range limitation where I shoot) but at that distance my Precision Arms rifle with an Adams piston can cloverleaf fairly regularly. The biggest wildcard in accuracy is definitely me.
The primary advantage I see in DI is weight and cost. And that has some merit and appeal to me, I may yet pick up a DI Grendel. I might even like it better (except for the cleaning part).
But when I hear people say "DI works, why change it?" I sometimes feel it should be said "Gas pistons are clean, rugged, reliable and still accurate, why change it?"
If I bought the argument that I should go DI just because Stoner did, I would still be using a telephone with a cord.