Stag Arms' Gas Piston 8L at SHOT Show 2010

[g3seifert]

Gas pistons = poop, di are more reliable. lwrc has mad problems with them, if they cant make a good gas piston how can a lower reputable company do so?

[Tuxedo413]

Sig 556 is way too heavy in the front, the stag is comparable to a regular Ar with front rails,

I have heard people have major problems with the sig and costumer service, and acr is overpriced and why do u think no one in the military is using them?

[Delta094204]

What exactly does the piston do? How does the piston make the Stag Arms Model 8 (piston) different from the Model 1?

[mixflip]

@Delta094204 piston AR's dont dump heat & carbon fouling directly into the tight tolerances of the AR's star chamber. It redirects the fouling and heat to the piston head under the handguards. Its not better just different. Some folks like me dont or cant run a wet bolt all the time out in the desert so a piston AR is a good fit for me.

[mixflip]

Can the Magpul MOE hand guards fit?

[1Maccabee]

@mixflip yeah man, go check out their 2010 catalog, in addition to the milspecmonkey MagPul interview #3. Travis and Chris state at least 3 times that the MOE handguards are both DI and gas piston compatible. I can't wait to get my 8L and throw a MOE on it!

[llvllrProbinsyano]

i like this one it's good for all leftys

[williebl2005]

Are you having any issue with the dust cover on this lefty model 8 being that the cover flips upward instead of down?

[ThaBR33D]

Is the safety swapped as well for left handed people? I couldn't see from my small screen.

[funforall808]

hahahahahaha. u know what im laughn at. sorry but i didnt expect

[mp15a]

Yes SNIFFCOKE,you can order a tactical style handguard. Regular handguards will work but have be cut to fit.

[SNIFFCOKE]

Can you change the hand gaurds on a gas piston ar?