Considering the time, and expense that goes into accurizing a firearm where do you draw the line?

I tell people constantly that you don’t need a $3,000 rifle, you need a $500 rifle and about $2,500 worth of training. If I hand the customer a rifle, I know is capable of tight groups at long ranges and they can’t shoot at least a 1-inch group at 50 yards then I usually recommend they take some rifle training and get back to the basics. Something as simple as their breathing could be all that they are doing wrong and a few classes later they can achieve the hits they want. The amount of time, work and expense that goes into accurizing a rifle amounts to wasted effort in the hands of a novice shooter. I don’t recommend someone buy a precision rifle to learn basic rifle shooting because you’re going to beat that rifle up during your training days and possibly destroy a great firearm. Most precision rifle barrels have a life span on how many rounds can be fired out of them and if you work through this training phase with this type of rifle then by the time you’re a precision shooter, your rifle won’t be. Learn with a decently priced rifle but still consider a durable, quality one. Once you can outperform that rifles capabilities then it may be time to invest in your “Long-Range Nail-Driver”. If a customer wants me to create a precision rifle for them then I am going to. I am not usually in the business of turning customers away so I will take the sale, but I may want to talk to the customer more to determine their level of experience. If I can determine that their capabilities are not up to the standard needed to operate the precision rifle accurately then I will attempt to get even more business off the customer by offering classes to help them better understand how to use their new rifle.