Looking to get into an entry level rifle ($2000, maybe a tiny bit more, but then it is cutting my Optics budget) to shoot both recreational, as well as perhaps a few PRS or Club Matches.

Considering buying a Stealth or Stealth Evo in 6.5 CM. Changing stock to a Magpul PRS or similar. And being done. Factory blueprinted action. Should shoot well.

Or ... Buying some stripped action & bolt, having a Bartlein, Lilja, or Krieger reamed for it, home headspace/install, trigger work, and some Chassis system.

Think there would be a noticable difference?

I feel like starting with the Stealth or Evo Action, being factory blueprinted, makes more sense. Change the stock out for something useful. And when the barrel is shot out in a couple years, I am already on a blueprinted matched action, versus piecing something together. I'd end up buying a chassis similar to what comes on the Stealth anyways ...

Thoughts & Opinions?