Yesterday after about two hours of fitting forearms my M4 was completed and finally brought to life. Or, brought back to life I should say!
It's been a 10 month process with a lot of ups and downs. These downs ended up having me reassemble the entire M4 essential on my own. NP3 plated in and out and many aftermarket upgrades. I certainly learned a lot and know much more about this platform than I ever did.
StrangerDanger and Vertcofiremarms were sounding boards throughout my journey and that was very much appreciated.
I want to put out what an awesome individual Stranger Danger is. He took his valuable time on many occasions to answer my countless questions. Always responding with a will to help and a courteous attitude yet he owed me nothing. SD is a tremendous resource and a credit to this forum. I have never interacted with anyone with his level of firearm knowledge that didn't act like they were guarding the launch codes. Thank you for your help, advice and fantastic tutorials.
Enough gushing. Now I have to find time to sight this day ruiner in!