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ARX100 vs Bren 2

submitted by SexMachine to Guns 3 yearsApr 5, 2021 09:48:25 ago (+2/-0)     (Guns)

I'm considering buying one of these, but there's a few things I need to consider, hopefully y'all can give me some insight as well. Looking for rifle/carbine, not the pistol.

Price - everything is selling for hundreds more than they were even a few months ago. It's almost as ridiculous as video card prices. Prices will go back down eventually, but who knows when.

ARX100 is what I've been leaning towards because it is the cheaper of the two. Problem is less customization, and supposedly there is accuracy issues which are hit or miss. From what I've read, it is the cleaner of the two. I can find it for $1400. Last year, you could find it for $900.

Bren 2 is what I really want. Price is the major drawback. More aftermarket parts. Handguard is longer, so more places to put doodads. Price is about $2200. No clue what they were selling for last year.

Or any other suggestions for a gas piston 5.56 rifle that's less than $2000. Anything around $1400, so I can put my Biden bux to use.


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[ - ] AOUsYamaka 1 point 3 yearsApr 5, 2021 11:00:54 ago (+1/-0)*

Piston driven ar15? Can get expensive though. This thing is sick too LR 300 https://www.gunbroker.com/item/896212687

[ - ] SexMachine [op] -1 points 3 yearsApr 5, 2021 13:20:04 ago (+0/-1)

The ar-15 wasn't built to be piston driven though. Yeah, it's possible, and I'm sure I could build my own piston upper, but I would rather a rifle that was built for it.

The other things I was looking at were the Bulgarian and zastava AK47s that were built for 5.56.

[ - ] AOUsYamaka 2 points 3 yearsApr 5, 2021 15:10:01 ago (+2/-0)*

Yeah I understand, I like direct impingement myself. I would definitely look at ak variants that can take 556, might get expensive though. Ruger mini 14 is an option but it isn’t know for its accuracy.

[ - ] SexMachine [op] -1 points 3 yearsApr 9, 2021 10:54:15 ago (+0/-1)

I just wanted to try something different, and supposedly gas piston runs a lot cleaner than direct impingement.

[ - ] Gunnargoatson 0 points 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2021 10:03:26 ago (+0/-0)

Was going to say this. I ran a piston for a class I attended, pre lubed my bcg, rails, buffer spring with good bit of frog lube. 10,000 rounds, no carbon to scrape, no cleaning of the guts during the entire course. No weapon related malfunctions. 8 fail to fire lake city m885s out of the 10k. Boresnaked barrel a few times when showing clear but other than that, Piston was amazing. Was aftermarket on an LMT upper.

[ - ] SexMachine [op] 0 points 2.9 yearsJun 6, 2021 02:05:35 ago (+0/-0)

I was amazed at how clean the rifle I purchased runs. So clean, it should be illegal. I ran a white cloth over the internals after firing 800+ rounds, and the lube I wiped off was still clean. All the carbon build up was on the piston head that takes all the gas, cleaning was a sinch. Why the fuck were we using DI in the military? Insane how much time in the military was spent on cleaning weapons.