So, working on a lightweight A1 sorta build. I actually found, ordered & received a Faxon 14.5" pencil barrel with the integral flash hider, that was described on the seller's (and Faxon's) websites as having a 1.9" gas block journal. Surprise, surprise, the gas block journal on the pencil barrels is barely one inch long, which obviously won't work with a fixed front sight base. The GUNNER version of this barrel DOES have the longer journal I'd need.

So, anyone got a new 14.5" Faxon GUNNER 5.56 with integral flash hider they'd want to trade for a pencil model?