Short answer: Yes. Although, I'm not sure what all I had to endure other than call Fritz and ship him a package.You did all that to chop the front end only to show a photo with that much barrel still left exposed?
Long answer: I never keep anything for very long, and ordering a 16" carbon barrel in 25 creedmoor just didn't seem like a great move for resale purposes, so I went 18" that way it can be run on any ATX or AT. I can easily pick up a 16" barrel on the used market in a more common caliber if I feel the need to go shorter.