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rifle upgrade order

robtech

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done lots of searching but haven't found what i'm looking for...

so here's where i'm at (although i feel this order list would benefit a lot of people)

r700 aac-sd
badger 20moa base
tps rings
millett 4-16x trs-1 glass
harris bipod
stock crap flexy hogue stock
krg bolt lift

i'm consistently shooting sub-moa from pretty much any range i've shot at although as i get out towards 800 (my farthest so far, not many long range options around here, this is with federal gold medal match with 168 sierras, however i'm starting to reload and will be trying out some 175 amaxs with varget very soon) it occasionally dips to about 1.5 moa but i feel that is mostly an experience vs wind call issue

so my question is what order would you upgrade from here...expensive purchases will require time to save funds so please dont just give me a list off all the most expensive options...more on topic what order would you upgrade in? where would you start? better stock? better trigger? etc...

options im looking at:
trigger...Timney although im unsure 510 or 517...this isnt a bench queen and i've read a lot about jewells being very sensitive
brake...i go back and forth if i want one or not
stock...i go back and forth between a chassis like an acis/whiskey 3/xlr or a stock like a manners or mcm but with the bedding and dbm lower metal the cost is the same overall
rings...i plan on upgrading to some badgers in the future but my setup now holds zero
glass...i plan on upgrading but i dont know if i want to do a half jump to something like a votrex razor 5-25x or just suck it up, save a long time and but a NF or S&B etc...

basically if you were somewhat on a budget (not budget overall, just budget time wise) what order would you go in and what would you do?
 
I'd say stock & trigger before anything else. You can get an HS takeoff around 250-300. If you want dbm that add of course, still cheaper than a chassis though.
Your factory trigger can be tweaked by a smith for cheap then you can resell later if you still want to upgrade.
Good luck and remember to have fun with it, otherwise what's the point?