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<blockquote data-quote="sh00ter" data-source="post: 4008336" data-attributes="member: 24531"><p>You are lucky you got that upper when they were still available...as recently as a couple years ago, Optics Planet had them in 14.5" welded/pinned non-NFA for half-price...if I had seen it then I would have gotten one. I believe that gas system is based on the LWRC and the 516 is supposed to be an improved version of the HK 416...not all piston AR's are equal and if I was going to have one, then I think the 516 system is one of the best choices. You may also recall the AR-18, the ACR, and the SCAR...all viable 5.56mm piston platforms. But in my opinion the 516 rules the day.</p><p></p><p>A high-quality DI gun will still blow more trash out of the action under adverse conditions if you forgot to close the dust cover, so I'm not necessarily saying all piston guns are always better than all DI guns. I just could not help but to share that vid because if you watch it all, you can see they test under some pretty good adverse conditions which illustrates why the right piston gun is a good choice.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: but yes, Sig specifically pretty much drops you as far as parts go once they discontinue a rifle...definitely a negative for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sh00ter, post: 4008336, member: 24531"] You are lucky you got that upper when they were still available...as recently as a couple years ago, Optics Planet had them in 14.5" welded/pinned non-NFA for half-price...if I had seen it then I would have gotten one. I believe that gas system is based on the LWRC and the 516 is supposed to be an improved version of the HK 416...not all piston AR's are equal and if I was going to have one, then I think the 516 system is one of the best choices. You may also recall the AR-18, the ACR, and the SCAR...all viable 5.56mm piston platforms. But in my opinion the 516 rules the day. A high-quality DI gun will still blow more trash out of the action under adverse conditions if you forgot to close the dust cover, so I'm not necessarily saying all piston guns are always better than all DI guns. I just could not help but to share that vid because if you watch it all, you can see they test under some pretty good adverse conditions which illustrates why the right piston gun is a good choice. EDIT: but yes, Sig specifically pretty much drops you as far as parts go once they discontinue a rifle...definitely a negative for them. [/QUOTE]
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