After being a long time lurker on here I finally jumped and went to the Semper Paratus Armorer's Course here in Park City,UT offered by Iraq Gunz and the Park City Gun Club. I have to say I have learned a lot in the first day. I've put together several rifles, but Mr Gunz has already given me a few new tips and tricks for things that once seemed tedious. I would highly recommend this class to anyone who like myself has never served in the military or law enforcement capacity and wants to seriously learn about the AR platform. Its only day one of the course and I've already filled three pages of a spiral notebook with various specs and technical data that are if not extremely useful but also very informative about the purposes of certain design aspects and proper assembly. At first I was sort of nervous about the course because as I mentioned before I am just a civilian shooter and hobbyist builder I guess you could say. But after meeting everyone in the class and IG's no BS opener I felt much better and confident I could get up to speed.
This class and the instructor came highly recommended to me and I would most definitely pass on the recommendation to anyone interested in learning more about their rifle and how to keep it running. This course is worth every penny if not more.
-Nate

