"Out of an 11.5 inch barrel, it tends to suck wind." - what do you mean by that? i am presuming that you mean that long-range accuracy is compromised, yes?
and, bear with me here please, you said that i was looking at a 16" tube with the 5.5" supressor. i thought that the PCAR had an 11.5" bbl with a 5.5" supressor?
another reason we are considering the PCAR is because of the supressor on it. we do go to an occasional stray animal call and we prefer not to have a rifle signature in town or near town, if you know what i mean. i am not totally sold on the DPMS, but when i look at the other brands, it seems that they are all pretty much the same, just different price tags. hence my original question.
also, when you refer to "extended reasonably effective range/velocity it will yield," what do you mean in numbers? with my SP1, i am good out to 250 yards easily, that is a given for that weapon; however, i can count the times i have shot my SP1 at that distance, on-duty, on one finger. that is why we were considering shorter barrels (aforementioned reasons), but still want a mid-range weapon to use as well. i just don't want to compromise our objective with the PCAR either.
so, realistically, a range greater than, say, 100-150 yards, would very rarely occur for us. if it did, we'd use the .308 anyway.
thanks again for the discussion.