Re: Retrofitting DI System with a Piston System
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: colt933</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Adam B</div><div class="ubbcode-body">shoot with a suppressor for a few hundred rounds with a DI system and let me know how your gun looks. I agree with the guys above that a piston system on a non suppressed gun is pretty much a waste of time but if you run a suppressor they are so much cleaner than a DI system. </div></div>
Agreed - except that - the piston system is MUCH louder to the shooter's ear than the DI system - in my opinion. With the piston system, gas is vented at the gas block which is right in front of the shooter's face. With the DI system, the gas is vented out the right side of the bolt carrier. To the shooter, the piston sounds much louder when suppressed.
I use the piston and DI setups in the opposite way of the above poster. On an M16 that gets lots of hard use, the piston system is wonderful. The chamber and barrel stay cool and everything is clean. But when I want to shoot suppressed semi-auto, I use the DI system. Sure, it gets really dirty, but it's quiet too. And I don't shoot near as many rounds suppressed as I do full-auto.</div></div>
very good point, I just hate how dirty it gets after a few hundred rounds with DI and a suppressor