I have 3 M4 style AR’s, now I am going for something different. I currently own a suppressor. Also I am not trying to build a high dollar rifle. Keep it at around 1K.
I’d go with the M16A4. No real reason for saying this other than I’d like to build one. I’d use a BCM upper and would probably go with a Daniel Defense rail over the KAC rail.
SBR type rifle. Or a pistol build first and see if you like saving the 2 benjamins. As soon as I’m done building my pistol and it works like I expect it to I’m gonna start getting stamps. You do have a suppressor, so SBR/pistol build makes a lot of sense.