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Adam’s Arms Piston Kit

chiroken007

chiroken007

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Does anyone have input on the quality and reliability of upgrading a DI AR-15 using an Adam’s Arms Piston Kit? I have an LWRC IC DI. Was looking to possibly trade out for a piston rifle but fell across the piston kits.
 
I have several P1 upper kits I run them in all my AR’s they are very dependable kits.
Alexandria pro fab is suppose do be bringing back the brand.
I bought my last kit on Gunbroker and it wasn’t cheap compared to when they were still around, grabbed a few for backups got lucky when I received them they were NOS.
 
I had one in the late 00’s early teens. It was fine until the op rod peened itself to death and I couldn’t get parts as they were out of business. only thing I could find at the time were complete kits.
 
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Adams Arms - P1 5.56/223 Complete Upper 11.5" - Adams Arms

The Adams Arms P1 model includes our Picatinny Railed Gas Block with 3 adjustable settings and M4-style furniture. The P1 is your Piston Driven foundation, ready to be customized to fit your needs.
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Got that one on sale a couple years back. It is my first/only AR build - so not much to line it up against - but it's run awesome and I def recommend it/would buy again.
 
I have one upper with it that I built years ago. The quality seemed really nice and it functioned well the few times I took it out. I don't have enough rounds through it to give a long term report though. It does add some extra weight compared to a DI setup and I've been moving to lighter weight builds. I also built too many ARs way back then and now I'm thinking of thinning the herd. I
 
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