polloi82

Thanks. The 18.5” barrel does indeed have the 3 stars (very faint, almost missed them). Botach has a boatload of the 14” barrels on sale for $800, which is where I got mine.

I'm not sure how to tell, to be honest. It is fixed, but I can't visually see any constriction in the bore. I Form 1'd it and installed the 14” cylinder bore entry barrel before ever using the stock barrel. The short barrel does great with slugs!

Stamp came back. Very handy setup! Started as a 11721 LE, and now maintain the option to switch back easily with the 18.5" barrel and OEM magazine extension. Also shown with B&T handguard and EOTech.

Much better! The gen 2 handguards look good, but functional... not so much. If you look up the Benelli "A.I. Drone Guardian" you'll see they made a similar handguard that has actual MLOK slots on it. I hope we get that someday

M4 just arrived and note that it came with the enhanced charging handle and bolt release found on the gen 2. This is a 11721 LE. Pleasantly surprised, and glad I held off on ordering aftermarket options. Speaking of aftermarket, bt-parts is running a firesale on the B&T quad rail ($125). Can't wait to take this out to the range!