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Old 05-15-2009, 06:40 PM
HUNTER2 HUNTER2 is offline
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300 piston upper

Does anyone know of a company that makes a "piston" upper for 300 whisper? If someone does - would the blowback be the same as the GIS with a can attached? Have shot a few ar's but not that up on them.. was just never impressed with some of the crud coming back ....
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Old 05-19-2009, 01:09 PM
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Does anyone know of a company that makes a "piston" upper for 300 whisper? If someone does - would the blowback be the same as the GIS with a can attached? Have shot a few ar's but not that up on them.. was just never impressed with some of the crud coming back ....
There are a couple pistol size piston systems. The PWS diablo is a good example:

http://www.primaryweapons.com/store/...1&idproduct=87

Most piston systems vent at the end actual piston stroke. So gas would be there, usually out in front, and no blow back in your face.

Now has anyone done this on a 300? Not sure. Mine does get real dirty fast shooting with a can.

CMMG also makes a nice piston kit, pistol length may come out soon.
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Old 05-19-2009, 01:50 PM
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Will look into it.....Thanks for the info..
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Old 05-19-2009, 01:54 PM
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Checked it out! Going to have to save some more..They really like them!!!
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Old 05-19-2009, 09:49 PM
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Most piston systems vent at the end actual piston stroke. So gas would be there, usually out in front, and no blow back in your face.
Keep in mind, by all reports venting at the gas block also creates more noise as well. So while that won't be an issue for those who are shooting unsuppressed, the suppressor crowd might need to assess their priorities. Namely, do they want a quieter gun that has to be cleaned more often. Or the other way around?
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Old 05-20-2009, 12:22 PM
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I can speak from experience on the piston types being a bit noisy. I have a SIG 552 in 300-221 with a 9" barrel. Its definitely louder than my friends contender with an 8" barrel even when swapping the suppressor from one to the other. However, I'd say that the standard AR types are also pretty loud compared to the single shots. They are still venting gas and even closer to the shooters ear so the noise level is higher at least to the shooter. In any case the piston types may give you a bit more energy to work with for operating the action. Face it, in subsonic land there just isn't much gas energy to work with but by using a larger diameter piston we can use the energy available more efficiently. If someone is offering a piston upper that can be fiddled with for such things as gasport dia, piston diameter etc its worth screwing with, at least to those who like the AR's. I'll stick with the SIG I think....

Frank
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Old 05-30-2009, 11:24 PM
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I have a 12" piston upper built by LWRCI with a 4-position gas port and lightweight carrier. This is a one-off design but if there is enough interest it could go into production. I am currently using only two positions, off and subsonic-suppressed. Blowback with a suppressor is negligible. I'm waiting on an AAC SCAR-H can, the one I'm using now is a small 30 cal. Jet by MGSS which is pretty much useless. Essentially an oversized flash suppressor.

When the guys in the shop tested it with a full size (308) can, the first time they fired it they thought it was a dud until the bullet hit the target. There was a video of this on the LWRCI forum at one time but I think it's been taken down. It was quite funny seeing the expression on their faces.

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Old 05-30-2009, 11:58 PM
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I am testing my Tok piston system tomorrow, if it works for that, I don't see why it wouldn't work for a whisper. It has a 4 position gas block currently. The only problem is that the only handguards it'll fit under are big M4 handguards like glacier guards(slightly modified), its 1.04" from the center of the barrel to the top.

If this works, I'll be testing it on the whisper next, it'll just take a new op-rod and no handguards.
I can imagine however that it might need significant work from this prototype.

edit- failure. needs redesign.

Jon

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