I have a older Christensen Arms CA15 Recon. It’s a 16” piston gun, adams arms piston system I believe, with a rather short rail. It also has a carbon fiber wrapped almost bull profile barrel. The gun shoots amazingly accurate, but I hate the short rail for many reason. Thinking of converting to DI so I can put a longer hand guard, basically is my primary reason. I know since it’s a bull barrel profile my rail selection might be limited. Is the juice worth the squeeze? Has anyone ever done this? Foreseeable issues? Thanks
Converting piston to DI
- Thread starter Poirierpro
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I'm thinking about doing just the opposite to my ar-308. How much room does your piston need? Seems like when I was looking into this stuff a while back, my lancer rail would allow for it just like my gasblock fits inside my rail now???
It needs a LOT. Not sure exactly but I could measure. The piston gas block is almost the same diameter of the rail. I’ll try and upload pics later.
Wonder if you could get a slimmer piston gas block? Not sure about what available in that but, I'd look at that before I'd lose the piston. My lancer rail has good room and I like the longer rail so I covered my block, even though it's adjustable. It's not difficult to do with a longer Allen key
Very true but it’s a short stroke piston system...I think they are all too big to fit under a rail.
