10.5” CHF barrel or 11.5” Non-CHF barrel.

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With a case or two of ammo a year, even an uncoated stainless barrel will last you 5 years or more. I’m not saying that you should go that route. Just that 1,000 rounds a year is nothing to a decent barrel.

Everybody on the internet talks as if barrels are made of butter and they burn one out every year, but most people here wouldn’t even know what a roached barrel looks like.

Here’s an in-stock Colt “SOCOM” 11.5”: https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1022851131

I guess I could go with the 11.5” barrel now, and upgrade later when CHF barrels in that size (or 12.5”) become available.
I’m thinking truck gun, but it will most likely see a bit over a thousand rounds this year between carbine courses and some range practice.
Assuming ammo gets better, it could see a thousand rounds every year. I like to shoot all my guns. This one would get used for sure.