Frankenstein builds

I, like many I'm sure, do way more reading/skimmimg through these forums than posting. I learn so much from the guys posting often and am very thankful of them sharing their knowledge / experience often which is hard to find in one place. One thing I have noticed in my older age is that the builds and rifles often shared are builds that use very high quality components aka $$$ and less common calibers etc.. I'd like to hear about anyone else out there has ever used the less expensive spare parts in their shop to create a rifle that you could just throw around without much love that became one of your favorite ugly step children 1. Under $400 total with optic, 2. Sub MOA at min of 800 meters being shot by you ( no sled), 3. You performed all the work on.

I'll start with : M98 action Turk, Sarco mil surplus heavy.308 target barrel, Timmney trigger, rewelded bent bolt, b square rail, swift premiere 4x12 scope and a cut down orig Mauser stock…. Wish I had a pic to post.. it was ugly…,loved that rifle till the not expertly welded bolt handle snapped off at the range….

Lots of people assemble rifles out of spare parts but keeping it under $400 is going to be nearly impossible, let alone including the optic.