[VINMAN]

Originally posted by fuelie600
I've been thinking about doing the same thing. The M16's we used in the national guard were fun, rugged, reliable and acurate. After all of practice breaking these down and cleaning them, it would be like having an old friend back. After all, we had to sleep with the damn things, right?

Did you build it or buy it? I noticed Brownells has all of the pieces. Did you have to get a federal firearms license? Did you use the military style sights?

I would be interested in how you put this together and what the total cost was.

I have a Bushmaster version of the M-4 which is basically the carbine version of the M-16, shorter 16'barrel, telescoping stock.
To build one you need a FFL to purchase the lower reciever.