ThanksRR, actually if I put the rear pin in 1st then the front one, it goes togther so tight I cant even see the seam, but for some reason it just wont go back together, if I take out the rear pin. when I was in the army I cleaned alot of A2s, and I remember the receivers hingeing on the front pin. I just ordered a bunch of 223 brass,bullets and primers. I cant wait to get this thing all together and to the range...that is, if it all actually goes together