For what it's worth I tried this before it was derailed by a vendor pushing his own wares …
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread...put&highlight=
The gist seemed to be the 12.5 mid is pretty mild shooter once dialed in and, in the realm of compromises, doesn't give up too much in any particular direction. Longer and handling/weight start to be a con, shorter and recoil/gas become areas of concern.
I have one now, a Faxon 12.5 I got on trade, and it is not my favorite. My intent was to step into the Centurion, but …
Honestly, my only dig on the 12.5 overall as a platform is none of *my* preferred handguard makers (BCM, KAC, Geissele, DD) have an optimal length (11.5 ish) … I like it as far out as it can go.
My dilemma came to an impasse and I ordered a Sionics 111.5 RGP as suppressed was a high factor and it should be here this week… The Centurion mid will be my next and I'll probably put a Larue LAT 11" or URX4 10.75" on it (or not as there was a ton of gushing over the Sionics and maybe it will be my Nirvana).
TLDR; Suppressed 11.5, Un-suppressed 12.5. YMMV.
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