I just put in my orders for my first AR. Everyone here deserves a huge "Thank you!", for all all of the great information. I spent MANY long nights reading and reading and reading (e.g., every last post of the AR comparison chart thread - thanks Rob and everyone else for that post . . .). There are so many knowledgable people here with so much good info, it's nuts.

Lucky for me, I enjoy doing research . . .

So for my AR, I went with a
-BCM 16" middy with BCM f/a BCG, CH,
-midlength handguards (for now),
-aero precision lower with magpul trigger guard and 6-pos stock,
-6 mags from BCM.
All said and done . . . $886.80. Which I am very happy about.

Just need a rear BUIS now. I am thinking a troy folder and have my eye on a couple decent deals.

Now hopefully I didn't make any mistakes along the way. I guess I will need to move on to reading even more about optics now . . .
Thanks again