I've got a new baby!! After several weeks of waiting, and a couple hours of labor tonight, the gun stork delivered a bouncing 6 lb, 16" baby boy...I'm naming him "Ay Are," for now, hahaha. Funny thing is that it came out black?! Gonna have to ask the wife who she's been "hanging" around...
I took several pictures, but baby's sleeping in at the other computer (w/digital camera hook-up stuff) so I can't put pix up until tomorrow.
Once again, thanks to you guys who posted those links... I used a combination of the AR15.com thread and the "crude language" thread (thx zac, lol) to put it together. I feel the AR15.com thread was a little more thorough, like how the trigger and hammer actually fit in there. The other thread just says, "Put this spring here, that spring there, and then line up the f'ing holes and put the pins in." I got to that point and was like, "....well shyte." W/O that other thread and its pictures, I probably wouldn't have a rifle tonight!!
Darkvibe, haha, you and I were on the same page! As soon as I realized I was going to be working with teeny tiny springs, I grabbed one of those bags before ever reading your post! Great minds think alike!

I also found that a pair hemostats worked well for holding those tiny little pins. On a side note about those pins... I about had a heart attack at the end when I saw a lone pin sitting all by its lonesome!! :shock: I knew I hadn't missed anything, but went back to check step by step, and sure enough, it was an extra one. Phew!! It was one of the pins/detent for the takedown and pivot, and I know I got those two bast*rds in. That damn pivot pin...it took FOREVER to get that sucker in there, and when I FINALLY got it in I noticed...I had the REAR takedown pin in instead of the front Pivot pin!! AHHHH!! Thankfully, I hadn't pushed it into place, so I pulled it out and had to spend another LONG time fiddling with it, haha.
I need a wrench for the stock still...forgot about that.
Overall, the rifle feels GREAT! I function checked everything I could think of right now and it all seems to run great and everything fits well. The finish is really nice, too!
One question about the charging handle... after I pull it back, I can push it forward with no resistance and lock it in place...I'm guessing that's normal? I've got a buddy who's a Marine, so I'm gonna have him show me the ins and outs of what's what.
Anyway, I'll get pix up tomorrow sometime probably. Nite!!