You've got to do what makes you happy. IME if I settled for less or cut corners on a project I could never be fully happy with it, even if it shot good. The thought is always creeping that "it's nice, but not exactly what I wanted." Get what you want regardless of the price or what you have to sell or save up to get. You'll never regret it that way or look back and wonder... and in the end it's actually cheaper to buy the more expensive thing first instead of stopping for the cheaper stuff along the way and buying and losing money on it as you buy and try and buy and try. It only hurts to lay the money out, but that rifle will remain long after you forgot what you paid for it. Just my 2 cents.......
