TIL: the AR is not direct-impingement

[Caveman Jim]

I had a girlfriend once who operated under the "delayed blowback" system.

I soon dumped her.

Brutus Out

 

[Boboclown]

I was born in the USA as several generations before me. So I will root for the AR. Like the 1911.

Nothing against your SKS or AK , just not for me.

AR, AK, some third gun, I'm rooting for whatever puts venison on the table or kills the guy trying to kill me.

 

[Misteramax]

I had a girlfriend once who operated under the "delayed blowback" system.

I soon dumped her.

Brutus Out

Best post so far. Lol.

 

[Caveman Jim]

AR, AK, some third gun, I'm rooting for whatever puts venison on the table or kills the guy trying to kill me.

EXACTLY, I'll even use a CLUB ifin I have to!!! But I'd prefer to use what I have handy, a plastic gun with mega capacity or an aluminum gun with more MEGA capacity....

 

[Vorpalis]

Then the "piston kits" are not true piston action?

They are "true" piston actions, just a different piston configuration.

Whether its a piston or DI is somewhat irrelevant to the way it operates.

You just said, effectively, "How it operates is irrelevant to the way it operates."

There's a difference between something acting like a piston and it actually being a piston. At the end of the day the AR's gas system is more like DI than piston.

No. No, it doesn't. It's not at all, even a little bit "like" direct-impingement. One part moves inside a second part, because of gas pressure that's inside the second. That makes it a gas piston system. It quacks, flaps, and waddles –– as obviously a duck as anything possibly could be –– yet you're arguing it's somehow not a duck.

 

[Vorpalis]

I really didn't mean or want for this to turn into an AR vs. AK slugfest. I just wanted to point out something really neat that I'd learned.

 

[Boboclown]

You just said, effectively, "How it operates is irrelevant to the way it operates."

What I said is trying to argue whether its DI or a piston is irrelevant because at the end of the day it still acts like a DI.

No. No, it doesn't. It's not at all, even a little bit "like" direct-impingement. One part moves inside a second part, because of gas pressure that's inside the second. That makes it a gas piston system. It quacks, flaps, and waddles –– as obviously a duck as anything possibly could be –– yet you're arguing it's somehow not a duck

So, what you're saying is that the gas does NOT go through the gas tube and into the BCG like a direct impingement system?

 

[Stomper]

 

[DirectDrive]

While we're taking whacks at the dead beast....

The thing that the AK will never have is the modularity that the AR owns.
Take a look at a current AK, and then a current AR/M4.
Which one looks like a 21st century weapon ?

 

[MrMillspecer]

I agree AKs are better for beating dead horses.

 

[Boboclown]

While we're taking whacks at the dead beast....

The thing that the AK will never have is the modularity that the AR owns.
Take a look at a current AK, and then a current AR/M4.
Which one looks like a 21st century weapon ?

Neither.

Honestly, the AKs we have here aren't as modular as some of the newer designs. But I doubt we'd get any of the newer designs. The AK market not being as big as the AR market doesn't help either.

 

[DirectDrive]

Neither. View attachment 347163

I knew someone would post up one of the Euro nightmares !
A man's rifle does not have the mag coming out of the a$$ end....period.
....well unless you're a man purse rockin' Euro in a track suit, a Marlboro with a 2" ash and a man bun.

 

[Boboclown]

I knew someone would post up one of the Euro nightmares !
A man's rifle does not have the mag coming out of the a$$ end....period.
....well unless you're a man purse rockin' Euro in a track suit, a Marlboro with a 2" ash and a man bun.

Are we mistaking the younger British with the Austrians now?

 

[DirectDrive]

Are we mistaking the younger British with the Austrians now?

If they're wearing the above uniform, they're all in the same barrel.
That way there is no confusion.

Bullpup Bullschmup

 

[Boboclown]

If they're wearing the above uniform, they're all in the same barrel.
That way there is no confusion.

Bullpup Bullschmup

Don't be hatin' cause the price tag.

 

[DirectDrive]

Don't be hatin' cause the price tag.

Nope.
Hatin' strictly on principle.
You rockin' a man bun ?

 

[Boboclown]

Nope.
Hatin' strictly on principle.
You rockin' a man bun ?

Not at all, if your hair touches your ears its too long.

Some of us just aren't scared of different guns.

 

[MrMillspecer]

I would like to thank the OP for the info and upgrade.

Now AK vs AR vs Manbun. Laughter is good medicine.

 

[DirectDrive]

I would like to thank the OP for the info and upgrade.

Now AK vs AR vs Manbun. Laughter is good medicine.

LOL
I wanted to say Doosh Knot, but thought that would be mean-spirited.

 

[Boboclown]

Its all good. I know u just jelly.