Watch this video before you run out and build a half-baked 12.5" AR.
12.5" may be the sweet spot of length and velocity, but tuning the 12.5" gas systems for running suppressed/unsuppressed is more difficult than it is with more well established barrel lengths. Is carbine or mid-length better? Not really.
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