New to AR's

[Shootinsurveyor]

I am looking to buy a AR pretty soon. I would like a gun that can run steel cased ammo for close range practice and also run match ammo for stretching out a bit. Yes, I will have a red dot and a scope to switch out for those scenarios. I would like the gun to be capable of MOA accuracy with quality ammo. I have looked at Adams Arms, BCM, S&W, Stag and about everyone else. Daniel Defense seems to be the frontrunner right now with me for quality and price. Don't really know much about piston vs DI? does one cycle steel ammo better? Probably going to buy a lower and complete upper separately. I just want a gun that runs with the reliability of my AK and the ergos of the AR. Looking to be under 1500 for just the gun. Any help you guys with more experience with these guns could shed is appreciated

 

[Direct Assault]

Re: New to AR's

I know its apples to oranges but I had a bushmaster DI that would short stroke the bolt EVERY time with steel cased ammo. (Wolf and Tulammo).
Now I have an LWRC (piston of course) that would eat rocks if you put powder behind it. LWRC is spendy though. You can build your own piston gun to do exactly what you need it to do. DI vs piston is a fire starter question. Sounds to me like you want a piston. They recoil a little bit sharper and you might lose long range accuracy with a piston. DIs get dirty quicker anD the bolt gets hotter, quicker. They both have upsides and downsides. Hell, get one of each!

My opinion.