Originally Posted By: hatt
Originally Posted By: billt460
Originally Posted By: hatt
How are they easier to clean?...........
Have you ever owned one, or put a large number of rounds through one?
No that's why I'm asking you. If you're going to be touting the advantages you should be able to explain them. So far the only advantage you can come up with is much easier to clean. That needs explaining since DI ARs aren't hard to clean.
Compared to a piston AR they are. Any DI AR-15 rifle, (which I own 10 of by the way), blow garbage all over the BCG. Yeah, if you soak them with oil every few mag full's a lot of it will blow out. But then you've got a dirty, oily mess to clean up when you get home.
You have none of that with a piston operated AR. The bolt and bolt carrier stays clean. You give it a few drops of oil and it stays where it's put. On the components, not blown out the ejection port with every shot fired, and replaced with dirt. The only people who say a DI operated AR isn't hard to clean, are people who have never experienced shooting a piston AR for any length of time.
As I said, I own 10 direct impingement operated AR-15 rifles, and 2 piston LWRC guns. The latter get far more use because of the ease of cleaning. Some guys like to take apart guns and scrape carbon, and wash off dirty oily parts. All of which you get with any DI AR-15 that's seen any large amount of ammunition run through it. I don't. A quick wipe, and a couple drops of oil, and in the safe it goes.