Bill, I'm not sure who, around here, can install the piston conversion kit for you. But it sounds like Remsport is an option as they've already offered their services
For the rest of you "don't fix what's not broke" guys... I just picture a bunch of old cranky men sitting around the porch smoking their pipes and cigars... watching 2010 Chevy Camaros and 2010 Dodge Challengers drive by and saying things like ":grumblegrumble:... my '58 Chevy is JUST fine for me... gets me from point A to point B... no need for all these new fangled electronics and fancy things like fuel injection... BAH... Yeah, I gotta do lots of work every weekend to keep her runnin... but she ain't failed me yet!"
Converting your AR to piston (or getting a complete piston upper... or buying a complete piston AR) is NOT fixing what's not broke. It's simply called evolution of design. We as a species constantly strive to better our existence through technology, either by inventing completely new, better, technology... or in this case, by improving on current designs.
Yes, the DI AR works as designed. No one's disputing that. And if you are going to own a DI AR you accept that you will have to clean it every 500-1000 rounds IF you want it to stay reliable. And you HAVE to run it wet IF you want it to stay reliable. No big deal. Again, works as designed.
BUT..... these things that you HAVE to do in order to keep it reliable... are the limitations to the DI design.
Enter the piston design. A better design.
To keep a piston AR running reliably... you DON'T have to clean it every 500-1000 rounds... you DON'T have to run it wet (at least not for LWRC and POF piston uppers/rifles as their BCG's have a permanent self lubricating coating)... you actually don't have to do much of anything (on a regular basis) to keep it functioning reliably.
And when you do end up cleaning the piston AR... all you have to do is wipe the bolt and BCG down. There's no nasty carbon build-up on the bolt that takes 45 minutes to chisel off... or anywhere else in the action of the rifle really. Cleaning my piston AR is quite quick and pleasant compared to cleaning my DI AR (which by far takes the longest of any of my guns to clean).
Anyway... sorry for the huge ass post. I just don't understand why some of you refuse to accept the piston design when its advantages outweigh any advantage the DI system offers. I mean... CHOOSING to constantly clean and oil an AR that is designed to make itself dirty as balls... over another AR that stays clean and doesn't require such maintenance... is just plain stubbornness to me.
There's a reason why almost every other combat rifle out there uses a piston design.
EDIT to add: If those advantages I posted above aren't priorities for some... and you want to stick with the DI AR's... more power to ya. I'm in no way saying that the DI AR's suck and that everyone should have a piston AR. Not at all. I'm just saying that there's no reason to tell someone else NOT to get a piston AR if that is what they want