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To: RoosterRedux
It is interesting that the AR family of clone manufacturers continues to grow in both .223 Remington/5.56 NATO and .308 Winchester/7.62 NATO. The new Ruger AR in .308 Winchester/7.62 NATO with an adjustable gas piston system is an improvement over the original AR-10 and AR-15 gas impingement systems. I wonder what the muzzle blast is like with the short carbine barrel?
10 posted on 10/18/2013 8:26:25 AM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: MasterGunner01

An adjustable gas system means there is a design problem. Why have a gas system that needs to be adjusted. Better to make it strong enough to work, and buffer it as needed when all the power is not necessary.


27 posted on 10/18/2013 8:39:13 AM PDT by donmeaker (The lessons of Weimar are soon to be relearned.)
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To: MasterGunner01
Would need a really good flash suppressor. And I'm wondering about the stress point where the upper and lower recoil spring/buffer tube meet. Recoil of a .308 is a bit more than a 5.56. I've seen rifles which needed a new lower because some guy purchased a .308 to ride his AR 15 lower.

I purchased and mounted three different piston kits on AR 15 rifles: Adams Arms, Osprey Defense, and CMMG. All three performed as advertised, but of the three the Osprey was far and away the most maintenance free in a few thousand rounds. The Adams Arms is the kit I prefer, since I use that rifle to run a CMMG stainless .22 conversion kit and the piston rod comes out easily and the gas can be turned off completely when shooting dirty .22lr ammo, so no debris gets up into the gas cycle. The Osprey is darn near self cleaning, with the simplest and most efficient system of the three, if all you intend to shoot is 556 or 223. I would like to mount a 5.45 x 39 with the Adams Arms and see how it runs, but not writing a review of that so can't afford the equipment.

33 posted on 10/18/2013 8:48:56 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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