Thank you, G Bear. Yes, it's cute. I never thought much about AR pistols, but I just love this upper with the full length fore end. And yes, it's for the Bug Out bag. Given that it uses, 5.56 ammo, AR mags and there's tons of spare parts to be had, easily repaired, I was swayed in favor of a proprietary platform for this use.
I didn't think the flash and retort were that bad when I fired it.
I happen to think that lots of spitzen, sparken and loudenboomen, isn't necessarily a bad thing when facing adversaries. Even at longer distances, they got to be questioning the wisdom of getting trying to get closer.