5.45×39 is still cheaper than 5.56
Just a reminder to all of you that forgot about that fact that 5.45×39 ammo is still cheaper than any of the 5.56 . I have heard a lot of good things from our customers that have picked up the Smith & Wesson 5.45×39 upper, but I’m still not sold on it’s combat worthness. Something about the direct impingement being dirt enough and how much worse is it going to get with that type of ammo? One defense I’d have to make of the notion that semi-auto guns jam because they are dirty is something that I have never witnessed. I have witnessed several handgun and AR15 malfunctions due to lack of lubrication, but I don’t know how much sludge you’re really going to end up having if you put 1000rds through a 5.45×39 DI upper.
LWRC has recently put an AR15 upper that I am seriously considering to optain, as a matter of fact, Rogue Elite has just signed off on the papers to become a parts dealer for LWRC. If you think having a piston driven gun means the gun is more reliable, well, I think you’ll get some pretty headed debates, but if you make the decision to pick up any of the AR15 complete upper receievers that are piston driven, you will defanitely notice your gun is easy to clean and won’t take up 1/4 as much as you use to. If you are a serious shooter, I would think that is worth spending the extra money for a piston conversion kit or a new piston upper.
I was never the one that was into the tactical doodad thing when I got into shooting AR15 rifles. My idea of a rifle is a 30/30 or a M1 or FAL rifle. I understood the ballistics of the .223 round and knew what is was good for and always thought that I should stick with the 20 inch heavy barrel for the best terminal ballistics. Well, then I actually started learning about close combat and understood that toting the longest barrel gun and the heaviest barrel is going to mean slower speed and too much weight.