If I knew at 25 what I know at 57.....
I would spend the necessary money and have a custom rifle built to my spec's and be done with it. Had I done so I would not have gone through 20+ rifles in 280 Remington looking for the one.
When I finally had a custom 280 AI built, my first thought was, I should have done this from the beginning.
While I have had customs made up the 99F Savage 358 I got in 1966 was ideal from the first day! I was perfect from the start and I got my game with it.
That 99 was ready to go from the start. Far Far less concern than any custom.