Would the piston system increase the perceived recoil or muzzle climb? There is some mass traveling back & forth. Anybody fire both?
“Would the piston system increase the perceived recoil or muzzle climb? There is some mass traveling back & forth. Anybody fire both?”
I’ve put a lot of rounds through both types. Haven’t noticed any real difference in terms of perceived recoil or muzzle climb. Come cleaning time, though, there is a HUGE difference. The gas piston runs far cleaner. It’s not even close!
Most of the mass is in the bolt. I don’t think you could tell any difference. I wonder if it might slow down the rate of fire a bit? Probably not enough to make any difference.
Runs a lot cooler and cleaner too, since you don’t have all that hot gas blowing back into the receiver.