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Originally Posted by RPKESQ View Post
I was speaking from a design standpoint. In which case the piston and shaft are one piece and no addition parts are needed. In a conversion you are making up design deficiencies and need more parts to make it work.

A properly designed piston system is mostly self cleaning and durable for several hundred thousand rounds before wear becomes a factor in reliability.
I know you were speaking of the piston design, and not a conversion kit. The original poster was asking about a kit to convert a direct impingment designed AR. I've been trying to steer the thread back to the original poster's question
Old 09-18-2009, 09:12 AM
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