Re: 3000$+ For a custom rifle?
I am getting ready to save you a lot of time and money...
You will start with a stock rifle, then spend money upgrading it. You will then get a few customs in persuit of accuracy, then you will fall in love with how smooth they are and just how good they feel.
You will eventually realize that super stupid accuracy is kind of stupid and find that reliability is more important and that good enough is good enough. You will stop shooting groups and as long as your rifle hits steels when you know you didnt fuck up, it is as accurate as you want.
You will then wind up trying an AI or TRG and realize that these have everything you want AND a wonderful 60 degree bolt lift...and you will like it, it will be smooth, have a great trigger, shoot knats ass and give you a huge amount of confidence in your rifle. Plus, you will know that you can beat the living shit out of it and it will still work, all the time, period.
This will be good, because at this point, you will be over keeping you gear pretty and not care that it is beat to shit. You will have found your rifle, the one that you really have no desire to try anything else, it does everything you want it to do, and does it very well. Oh, and you will clean it once a year...or so.
Every step along the way, you will lose money.
So, sell your rifle and buy an AI or TRG, whichever is more comfortable...you are welcome.