Ohh totally understand your point, if I didn't had one I would have probably gotten a 16" for general purpose, however my 11.5 fill that role, I can hunt with it but I have to keep it somewhat closer range. The idea was to get a "hunting" upper in 556/223 and the 18" was recommended.
I had more than 20 rifles for hunting training and long range you name it from 22lr to 7mm Rem Mag. Unfortunately due to an inside job where they were stored they got stolen alone with ammo gear, reloading tools everything but some scared parts, the case in under investigation as we speak, but that takes time. So basically I have to start from zero. Not only for hunting but everything else. So I had enough parts to get a 11.5 going, therefore I'm starting with 556/223 for now, then move up to
I had more than 20 rifles for hunting training and long range you name it from 22lr to 7mm Rem Mag. Unfortunately due to an inside job where they were stored they got stolen alone with ammo gear, reloading tools everything but some scared parts, the case in under investigation as we speak, but that takes time. So basically I have to start from zero. Not only for hunting but everything else. So I had enough parts to get a 11.5 going, therefore I'm starting with 556/223 for now, then move up to
6.5cm/308 for the utility
300WM/7mm PRC for big game/long range,
with a 22lr, 7.62x39 and a 7mm Rem Mag somewhere there
begin hahaha.
Looks good, but wondering why you put that noise-maker on the muzzle?!?
Mainly because it was in the box and I wanted to see how it looked. Honestly I don't think it's going to stay on this build, it adds 2 inches to the OAL and the weight doesn't justify it's utility on this hunting AR. I do have another compensator by KAL that works wonderful as a flash suppressor it's about the size of a regular A2 flash hider and it weights far less.
That has been my experience as well. Never had to track one from a 5.56
