You order / pick up the rifle you wanted, inspect it thoroughly, more than most people do so the counter guy may be a little annoyed, but forget him it's your money.
Then fill out form, pay, take it home. More inspection, disassembly, clean out storage grease residue. Put sights on it or whatever, test mag fit.
Take to range to make sure it's not a total lemon. Get a basic zero.
If good start collecting parts you really want, but nothing major yet. Now go fire it more and see how it goes.
Still good? A few more accessory additions/alterations as you find what works.
Then another heavy shooting session. Still good? Start getting things together for the suppressor or can itself.
Then make sure it runs well with that. Check zero shift / rezero.
Now you're ready to have fun with your $1k rifle that has $750-$2k in accessories attached to it. Plus get more mags and ammo it likes.
About this time you might think...did I really need this rifle?
It's been alot of time and money. Maybe I'd like this other one more...
So you get it, try it out. So far so good. But it needs some alterations before you take it out next time...etc.
I've done this 3 times in the last year or two. Now I want something else.
Maybe just be happy and enjoy the process? Shoot more, spend less time on new "projects"?
Do you really enjoy this process?
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