Kirstang, yes it is a midlength. Well, I'm not sure how to comment on the pencil barrel because I have not shot an AR before so I can't really make any comparisons
I'm sort of glad I got it though because the darn thing already feels heavy enough and additionally I have not seen very many v3 LW's in stock on the market, they seem to be a bit rare.
Plan9, when I view the post the picture is embedded within it, I'm using Firefox so I am not sure why you have to go to imageshack. I did get a sling, I figured I would try out the PIG single point sling from SKD. They didn't have the emdom in stock at the time. I still might get the emdom though. I'm just messing around with the VG right now, I will probably change it like you said and move it further forward. I was contemplating getting the magpul AVG, have you guys tried it?
I made some homemade target stands from tutorials I watched on youtube:
So me and a cousin are going to go to a local national forest and arrange them so we are forced to use cover and move around instead of just standing/sitting stationary at a range.