First I would like to thank you for supporting us troops who
are in Iraq, second is I have never been a fan of the AR or
M4 rifles in my 19 years of military service I have had many
malfunctions at the wrong time when a good rifle was needed,
I personally own AK’s, FN FALS, AR18 rifles and I respect
the gas piston system for its reliability.
I have been able to
test my M4 now with your system in a good old Iraqi dust
Storm, and to my surprise zero malfunctions even in this
harsh environment, Thank you again as I am
sending a full report to up the chain; now if I can only get
them to change calibers to the 6.5mm.
MSG US Army Sniper (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
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Last year I started looking at a piston system AR15
platform. What started me looking was reading about the
Masada Rifle from Magpul. I started looking with Bushmaster,
but just wasn't too keen on the specs and more importantly
the price. I looked at the ARES system but everyone I talked
to about the ARES system seemed dissatisfied with the
quality, lack of support and price (not to mention the lead
time). Of course an HK416 was out of the question due to
price and the utter lack of availability. That led me to
LWRC, however the combination of the clumsiness of their
system coupled with what I had heard about their support,
not to mention the extreme lead time and more extreme price
led me to continue my search.
Lets fast forward to September 2007. I found an article
about a little company in, of all places, a little town on
the Gulf Coast of Florida called Palm Harbor, a place where
I spent most of my childhood. I found some contact info and
called. Jason Adams answered the phone and was immediately
surprised I had found out about his company as they were
still a very fledgling. We talked for awhile and Jason
finally said, Send me your rifle and we will set you up. My
upper was in the mail the next day.
Needless to say the wait was well worth it.
I have over 18 years of experience with Eugene Stoners
creation, the M16/AR-15 platform. I joined the Marine Corps
in 1990 as an Infantryman and over the next 6 years
qualified 4 times as an Expert Marksman, even going on to
teach rifle marksmanship at Stone Bay Rifle Range, Camp
Lejeune NC. I was also a Combat Rifle Instructor at Camp
Lejeune MTU (Marksmanship Training Unit), as well as
shooting in Intramurals for the Camp Lejeune Rifle Team.
After leaving the Marine Corps in 1996 I continued my love
of the M16/AR-15 platform, building AR-15s of all varieties
from then until the present.
I can in all honesty
say that my Adams Arms Piston System rifle is not only the
best rifle I have ever owned, it is also the best rifle I
have ever shot.
The quantum leap forward in performance with the Adams
Arms Piston System is worth every penny of the $499.00 price
tag. Reduced recoil, no more gas in the eye and the fact
that not a single drop of dirty gas enters the action of the
rifle are just the tip of the iceberg. Reduced maintenance,
predictable, reliable performance (the piston gun has a 10.3
barrel, which commonly causes failures to cycle.), reduced
stress to the bolt/action of the rifle, and ease of cleaning
are even more benefits.
I took my rifle out for its maiden shoot at McKellers
Lodge at Ft. Bragg, NC. Needless to say this rifle draws a
lot of attention due to its short barrel. Usually someone
will proceed to inform me that my rifle is illegal. I
proceed to tell them it is a registered SBR. Now these
people are drawn to the gas system. They want to see it
taken apart, which, unlike most of the other systems out
there is fully accessible from the front. No need to take
your rails and all your gear off the rifle to pull the gas
system to clean it.
I have taken my rifle to more than a few gun shops,
everyone who sees it is blown away not only by the design,
but the sheer durability of the system. I usually have to
wrestle my rifle away from whomever is looking it over.
I have already told Jason that I want to convert my 16"
Mid-length Rifle to Piston, as well as build up a dedicated
7.5" SBR with Adams Arms Piston System. I am sold on Adams
Arms.
Jamie Northam
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While attending a US Army event I was able to test your
piston system in a 10" Rock River Arms upper installed on my
FA Rock River Arms lower. First 60 rounds were put through
on Semi and FA. After that the weapon was fired only on FA
by several members of our Armed Forces including Officers
and Enlisted personal. All
shooters were VERY impressed! There was not a
single problem even after 960 rounds non stop! We were using
55grain Military ammo and all shooters remarked how stable
and flat it performed, felt recoil was less and muzzle
stayed on target better. The spent casings were ejected flat
out at the 1500 mark and upon inspection of them there was
no case damage at all. The last shooter was the first one to
fire and could not believe how cool to touch the upper was
after all the rounds fired. After firing we inspected the
upper/lower for carbon and found them both to be very clean.
I personally am looking forward to installing you system in
many Law Enforcement and Military weapons in the very near
future.
Tom Carbone
C.C.F./RRA
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Evaluation of the Adams Arms Gas Piston Conversion
Jim,
I would like to thank you and the folks at Adams Arms for
the upper you sent me. I will tell you that I was overall
very pleased. When I first got the upper delivered I was
anxious to examine the gas piston system your company had
installed on it. I took
the hand guards off and looked at the best improvement to
the little black rifle since Eugene Stoner first unveiled
it. With nineteen years in the US Army and
several years as a competitive shooter, I have shot and
cleaned my share of AR15/M16 rifles. The sheer simplicity of
your system along with the fit and finish was a work of art.
It is very rugged in construction but not bulky. I worked
the system a few times to inspect it and found a superb fit
to the gas block, and sleeve/drive rod. Further disassembly
and inspection revealed the bushing in the upper receiver
gas tube port and the bolt carrier key. I thought to myself
"how simple this system is, why has it taken us fifty years
to bring this to production?" Impatient to see how well it
would function I fitted it to my lower and headed to the
range. After arriving at the range and showing the system to
Rick Allenbrand of Bear Creek Tactical we started putting
rounds down range. The first thing I notice was the reduced
recoil. Not as much as a compensated rifle but still
noticeable. I shot it and passed it around for nearly an
hour, and 300 rounds,
before we dropped it open and found the bolt was cool and
almost as clean as when we started. There was
more brass on the bolt than carbon residue. Everyone at the
range was impressed. Without cleaning I packed the rifle up
to get ready for the Midwest 3 Gun Championship the upcoming
weekend. At the match I shot over 250 more rounds through
the rifle, again without cleaning. I demonstrated to many of
my fellow competitors the clean cool operation of your gas
piston system, all were impressed. Throughout all this
shooting the rifle with your gas piston system never had a
malfunction. And, I'm sure that due to the design, has an
extremely lowered probability of ever having a malfunction.
I'm truly grateful to Adams Arms for this product. You have
added to the already long life of this rifle in the hands of
shooters like myself.
Kirk Broyles
SSG, MP, US Army
Distinguished Marksman
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