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Slamfire · February 12, 2013, 07:45 PM

If and when I get a AR-10 platform for target shooting, I am getting DI. I only shoot 88 rounds in a day in an Across the Course Match. The DI system has less moving parts and is better for target shooting.

However, one of the Army Reserve shooters I shoot with, a gentleman who has been on a number of deployments, while he target shoots with a DI, his home defense rifle is a gas piston. He says it runs cleaner and cooler.

February 12, 2013, 07:45 PM	#13
Slamfire Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2007 Posts: 5,261	If and when I get a AR-10 platform for target shooting, I am getting DI. I only shoot 88 rounds in a day in an Across the Course Match. The DI system has less moving parts and is better for target shooting. However, one of the Army Reserve shooters I shoot with, a gentleman who has been on a number of deployments, while he target shoots with a DI, his home defense rifle is a gas piston. He says it runs cleaner and cooler. __________________ If I'm not shooting, I'm reloading.