6920 or BCM 16" LW middy?

[SpookyPistolero]

I'm torn! I'm selling a couple of seldom used pistols to fund a new AR. I currently own two ARs: a Spikes midlength on a no-name lower (pre-M4carbine.net) and a very choice DD LW midlength with a troy extreme. Obviously the DD is my go-to gun.

I'd like to get another AR, both for 'fun' and to have a backup/ redundancy. The intended role would be the same, as a general defensive weapon. Whichever rifle I buy will end up wearing an H1.

I don't own and haven't owned a carbine-length gas AR. I like the recoil impulse of my midlengths (I have no basis for comparison).

So all that said, should I get a 6920 or the BCM LW middy? I had made up my mind earlier to get a 6920, but Grant's deal has thrown a new contender into the ring! I like LW and I like my midlengths, but I like the comfort of owning the original superfreak, too. They are roughly the same price (and I'll end up changing furniture, adding rail, optic, etc.)

Thoughts?

[ffusaf23]

If I already had two midlengths and no Colts, I'd opt for the 6920.

[Duffy]

oops wrong thread, sorry.

[HaydenB]

I would get the Colt if just for the ability to use carbine length gas tube pickups if the need should arise. Plus, if you ever want to get a SBR all you have to do is have it cut down and opened up.

[lamarbrog]

I'd get the BCM LW Middy. But, I'm a fan of commonality and LW profiles.

[Quentin]

I'd go with Grant's new BCM LW middy. Very hard to beat this one.

[Ronin64]

I'd go with the Colt, so you have at least one pony in the safe

[Littlelebowski]

I avoid unionized labor when I can and you can configure the BCM exactly the way you want it.

[lamarbrog]

I avoid unionized labor when I can and you can configure the BCM exactly the way you want it.

Shhh.... we're not allowed to talk about that.

[drck1000]

I have two midlengths, a DD and a BCM. I would like to try a Colt 6920 or other carbine with FSP, but I think I've gotten to prefer the additional rail length and the FSP out further that the midlength allows. I still may end up getting a carbine in the future, but I think I'm sold on midlengths for now.

That being said, if I were to get a carbine, it would most likely be the Colt 6920, followed closely by the LMT Basic Patrol models. For my use, they are probably basically the same. I like my DDM4 V5 and BCM, but I want to eventually try a Colt and LMT.