re: If you want to own an AR-15, you should build it

Don't worry about a warranty. You buy the parts if something doesn't work, you just return the piece.

Resale would be great. For the most part, you can put these things together cheaper than they are sold complete. That is if you buy them in pieces and not just an already assembled lower and upper which doesn't really count.

The best thing is you really get to know a bit of the gun and feel much more comfortable dealing with it. Also, the gun means a bit more because you put it together.

I built my future father in law for christmas this past year and he loved it.

And if you don't like one of the parts you buy, swap it out with another one.

Damn, I can't believe this thread came back from the dead. I guess that is from this being indexed in the stickied thread above...