Besides the obvious, what's the difference?
Not clear to me that the extra inch makes any difference for an AR.
I'm in the same boat as well. All I ever shoot is inside of 150 yards. My rifles have lived a life in the back of the safe. I have one more 18" gun to sell off and I'm done with long guns.
I went over to a shop and handled some nice 11.5" guns. What a nice handy size! I want one something fierce! Sure would like to shoot one before 1k plus leaves my bank account.
I'm in the same boat as well. All I ever shoot is inside of 150 yards. My rifles have lived a life in the back of the safe. I have one more 18" gun to sell off and I'm done with long guns.
I went over to a shop and handled some nice 11.5" guns. What a nice handy size! I want one something fierce! Sure would like to shoot one before 1k plus leaves my bank account.
I have an 11.5 because it was easy to get at that time.
I'm in the same boat right now. Exact same boat as I was looking through BCM's website earlier today, as a matter of fact.
I'm leaning towards 12.5 due to A) the ever-so-slight reduction in recoil impulse (not that there's much from 5.56x45 anyhow) and B) so it'll be that much more gentle on a suppressor's blast baffle.
*laughs in stellite*
This is what I'm kind of up against. Do I spend BCM money... Or do I go with a 11.5" quality upper and save $200?