Piston or direct impingement AR, which do you have and prefer?

[Speedwell-Hunter]

Piston or direct impingement AR, which do you have and prefer?

 

[Plateau Hunter]

For my uses the GI works fine…hunting, plinking, homeland defense…the piston version would be better for high volume sustained fire I would imagine…run cleaner and cooler…I did have a Ruger piston version for awhile and it was fine too…although a bit heavier

 

[TnKen]

Piston is generally going to be heavier. The only reason I would go with a piston is if I was using a suppressor.

 

[DaveB]

We have both: the piston is on the SPC II rifle which is a 277 caliber.

Strictly from a shooting perspective I believe the piston is a smoother firing weapon despite the much heavier than 223 bullets.

 

[backyardtndeer]

I have shot and built a few, but have never shot a piston driven ar.