I've been eye-balling one of these at a local shop and I love the gray and overall design. Prices have gone way up and frankly, I can think of a bunch of other things I'd buy with what most shops are getting for these. I traded a B&T APC223 for this and a Beretta ARX100...I never loved the B&T very much and got it on a close-out deal so a twofer made sense.

I added a spare skeleton stock and met up with an arfcommer today who had a spare 11.5" handguard. The 15" one always looked weird to me due to the shape.

I agree. I definitely prefer the looks of the shorter rail. Looks Great.

I like that rail better too. Nice find, these have gotten scarce and expensive.

The rail is an improvement weight wise and looks good. The shorter rail will hold zero better if you decide to mount a laser. The Kate Moss stock doesn't do well where I live when it's cold. YMMV.

Bill

The shorter rail looks waaaaay better. I like it a lot.