craigcpa
Bearcat
Greetings. Long time lurker (generally at SigForum under same name), but decided to pose a question here:
I'm in the market for converting my M&P 15 to a piston (Adams Arms), but am considering just trading for a new 556. I'm not into the "tacticool" rails and such (for any of my weapons); I just like a clean look. But the 556 is getting good reviews and is piston. A conversion seems the way to go for me, at least for saving some $. My question is this: is the reliability of a conversion going to be the same of the designed and built (556), or does the designed built piston AR just deem spending the additional $394? Here are my figures:
Current AR: $900
Conversion piston: $260
Gunsmith: $ 50 (to do the work)
Total: $1,210 (OUT OF POCKET)
556 cost: $1,616 (out-the-door)
AR trade (or sell): $ 800
Total: $ 816 (OUT OF POCKET)
I'm in the market for converting my M&P 15 to a piston (Adams Arms), but am considering just trading for a new 556. I'm not into the "tacticool" rails and such (for any of my weapons); I just like a clean look. But the 556 is getting good reviews and is piston. A conversion seems the way to go for me, at least for saving some $. My question is this: is the reliability of a conversion going to be the same of the designed and built (556), or does the designed built piston AR just deem spending the additional $394? Here are my figures:
Current AR: $900
Conversion piston: $260
Gunsmith: $ 50 (to do the work)
Total: $1,210 (OUT OF POCKET)
556 cost: $1,616 (out-the-door)
AR trade (or sell): $ 800
Total: $ 816 (OUT OF POCKET)