Well, if you must. grin

This is the blueprint, more or less, of what I'm looking for:

https://www.midwestindustriesinc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_ID=1320

This is the model, I believe, that G&A reviewed recently in their AR-15 magazine this year. MI doesn't list the weight, but G&A weighed it at "5.14 lbs."

Yes, I could just buy this rifle, but the wisdom of the 'Fire suggests I might, could build something like this with better barrel and trigger for about the same money. (The website says the trigger is "Mil-Spec/standard, 7 lbs. I'm sure I can do better.)

That's funny, isn't it? The trigger weight is almost 2 lbs heavier than the rifle.