RE: Help choose an AR15
There isn't any risk is building your own. If you buy a complete upper, all of the risk is already taken care of. Headspace, being the only thing.
You buy a stripped lower. Buy a lower kit that includes everything to assemble it. Pretty easy stuff. Then buy an upper that suits your need. Make sure that you get one that includes the bolt assembly. Snap the top to the bottom and away you go.