ORIGINAL: mossy33oak
I guess you could sayI went "custom". I bought a Savage 110 in 300 Ultra Mag. As soon as I picked it up from the shop I took it to my smith where it spent 6 months getting a new stock, trigger,trigger guard, muzzle break, feed rails smoothed, action smoothed, rings lapped and then my barrel, rings, and trigger guard all got reblued together to match. I know this was not truely custom because I still have the original barrel, and action but it doesnot look like a regular Savage anymore. Plus it shoots about .575" @100 and about 1" @ 200 yards. I only have about $500 above the cost of the rifle in it, but I would say I dramtically increased its looks and resale value.
That ^^^^ is presicely what my gunsmith does for the bulk of his business. Give factory rifles complete overhauls. And we've looked into doing just that since savage does make a good action (regardless of what the 700 fanatics say) and they make it in left hand. And you've hit about the same $1K mark if total service ran you $500.