My 2 sons and I have assembled a half dozen of them. It was great father/son time. It really is pretty simple. Youtube has a ton of videos.
For a budget build, look at Palmetto State Armory. That's where we got all of our parts for the first one.
The wife and kids gave me a used, stock buckmark for Christmas. It is a decent gun as is. I added a few things(pretty much rebuilt it) and it is a blast to shoot.
I have to disagree with you on this. I ordered a barrel from them 2 months ago that was "in stock and ships in 5 days". I still do not have my barrel and my last cc bill had the charge on it. I have tried to cancel, but keep getting an email that says this item cannot be canceled. I am now...
I see guns for sale on here all the time that belonged to dads, grandads or were first guns. I always wonder what's going on in that persons life that they are selling these.
I have assembled a few. When I was on the fence about should I build or buy, a guy told me if you build it and have a problem with it you probably can figure out what the problem is.