I've built a couple of rifles from scratch, I've upgraded some existing solid ones, I've worked on so-so/crappy ones.
Once you get into knowing what's what and what you want to it to do at the end...it's entirely possible to spend hundreds of dollars on upgrades.
This is especially true if you're starting with an "economy" or mid-level rifle and looking at every key part. You could easily spend more "upgrading" it than the cost of the original rifle.
Necessary?...that's up to the owner.
Anyways...it's not the first time upgrades have resulted in basically a new rifle in an old shell...LOL
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