When I bought my ARC22AL, I was definitely planning on picking up an ARC30 later but since then the price has gone up a bit (around $350 IIRC to $650 currently). With that price being more in the range of the modular cans, I figured they were worth a look.Arc30 is built like a tank and will also give you monster forearms after running it on a pistol. I havent done that but its plenty nose heavy on an 8” AR pistol. I imagine you will only try that once.
Also direct thread doesn't bother me on the 22LR, but I can't take flash hiders off and on my ARs by hand lol.