What is/was your use case? SHTF, SD/HD, competitions?
I was running it at the range - moving between 200yd long range / 50' short range. 18.5" bbl - scope was a Luepold Mark AR. Bifocals, old eyes, and considering my AO is
urban, with a
LOTTA terrain features and elevation change (from the ROOF, I have -
MAYBE - 200 yards for a maximum distance shot, where the target can be POSITIVELY ID'd!), the LPVO made MORE sense for
me. Now I
also have four other
dedicated AR's in the 14.7 - 16" range set up strictly for CQB as well. This 18.5" is really my go-to for "long" range work - 200yards +/-
In some other places I've lived - ne IN, eastern KY, ne MS, east TX, piedmont of NC,
even Columbia, SC - offset might've worked better, with flatter terrain. Pittsburgh's kinda funky, in that, between the urban nature of the place, and elevation change, I have rifle setups I've NEVER owned anywhere else.
As an example, here's a picture of the city a LOTTA people are familiar with (I live about 4 miles south of
this picture):
This is from the top of Mt. Washington,
just south of the city (at the Incline Railroad depot).
"The Point" is there, where the Monongahela River (foreground) merges with the Allegheny River (above, left), to make the Ohio River. The drop from the fence, to the river, is 400', in about a quarter mile of run. And depending on WHERE you are, that's
not uncommon throughout the city, ESPECIALLY the South Hills!
To thine own terrain be true. To my nearsighted / bifocaled eyes as well.
