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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tcox" data-source="post: 1337674" data-attributes="member: 10058">If you maintain your weapon there is no reason to move away from direct impingement. Pistons are great: they keep your bolt area cleaner and cooler, they reduce the toggle of the weapon, and no gas escape from behind the charging handle. But for civilian/range use it isn't necessary. If you have the extra money, by all means, its a great investment.Just remember that its great to not have to clean your bold carrier group, BUT that piston gets dirty just as fast as the bolt in a DI weapon. It will also slightly reduce your accuracy because of the extra vibrations above the barrel.For a nice piston AR you might look into the Stag model 8 (SA8). Im not sure what you can get them for in your area but here in weatherford they run $950-$1000.</blockquote>