06-14-2013, 11:19 PM
I find it amusing the powers that be are trying to rig the test to find a replacement for the direct gas system, when they rigged the test to prevent the adoption of it in the first place. The gas piston AR "HK416" was developed for the need to have a reliable suppressed M4 with a 10" barrel or shorter. The direct gas system was failing in this need. There has been no other country that has developed a new rifle system using a direct gas system but many that used the gas piston," Israel being an example with the TAVOR". Israel uses the M4 rifle system but still went to the gas piston when they developed their new rifle system. If this means anything I have no idea since I was left out of the loop. The direct gas impingement in the AR platforms works very well and I have had very few complaints with it if it is kept lubed . It makes a rifle more accurate than a gas piston and makes the over all weight a lot lighter and simpler compared to a gas piston. The direct gas and the gas piston are not perfect but which is better depends on one's opinion.