I have been really trying wrap my head around the pros and cons of doing a custom or just buying a savage 11 trophy hunter xp package. I want a 243. My main purpose is long range hunting as well as a fun rifle to punch holes in paper at long range. If I price out building my own I come out to around the 1K mark, thats without a scope. I can get the package for around $470. I am having a hard time deciding on why a build would be the better option. I understand that the package is goign to have inferior stock, recoil lug, and a few other things but, why could'nt these things be added to it piece by piece over time? Just want some more thought/logic on why it would be better/worse to buy the package rifle or just go ahead and spend the extra money and build one from the ground up.