I searched quite a bit for my answers and had some trouble coming up with them.
Title says the gist of it. I want to play around a bit with a new upper and start a nice sweet fighting carbine thats moderately light and compact . I live in a ban state, but I was thinking what are my options for muzzle breaks that keep me in the 16.1" legal range that would still allow me to use a suppressor later on down the road? At this point I'm seriously considering the FSC556. It has an overall length of 2.10", is this sufficient when permanetly attached to a 14.5" barrel to get it out past 16"? I can't find the OAL of the A2X FH, Phantom FH, or the Vortex FH. Is the silver solder still and option on 14.5" barrels? A suppressor is an option that I may explore farther down the road so I was considering keeping my options open. At this point in time I'm also assuming if I were to use silver solder If I wanted to change the break again I could just reheat it and take it off and replace it with whatever I needed to swap it out for?
Thanks for you insight.