Gas piston uppers instead of a new gun?
Put me down as someone that didn’t have a clue as to what the differences were between my LWRC M6A2 upper I purchased in comparison to what else is out there, I basically just went by word of mouth and looked up a few sources online for reviews. The notion of having a cleaning running rifle was appealing to me and for the number of times I’ve seen AR15 rifle jam and go down, I was always looking for something better than what is out there. The truth of the matter is all machining, lubrication and quality control for AR15 guns has dramatically improved. The DI guns that are being made now are not the DI guns from 15yrs ago. Magpul Pmags have greatly improved the reliability of the gun and there just aren’t the problems that there use to be.
LWRC is still the cream of the crop although they have evolved from their original designs for a short stroke piston gun. The machining of the Noveske uppers and the Daniel Defense are also outstanding DI guns but the new competition for piston uppers isn’t POF pistons, it’s the Adams AR15 complete uppers that are for the most part under $800. The Adams 556 upper receivers are a really nice gas piston upper and if you already have a lower, this is probable the best step up if you’ve been running a Bushmaster or a Olympic arms guns for the last 15yrs. We recently have been testing the Slip 2000 product line with these guns so stay tuned.