Easy to make a "budget" rifle not so "budget"! Lol!
I call them "stone soup" upgrades, in that you upgrade them a little at a time until you have more money into them than you ever intended.
That is why I struggle a little when deciding between buying Howa 1500s in lieu of Weatherby Vanguard 2s. I really dislike the stocks that come on the basic Howa 1500s, so I know that I'm going to have to install a new/different stock and I try to factor that into the purchase price if I'm considering one or the other of those two rifles.
