Do-it-yourself gun projects can be fun, especially if you just want to do a good job, not an excellence-in-gunsmithing job. If you aim for the heavens and succeed, you end up with a piece that is no earthly good for its inherent purpose.
Some guys have these big, spotless, shiny, customized, luxurious 4-wheel drive rigs that can never be taken to a real back-country trail-head because the owner will cringe every time the branches go, "Screeeee!", all down the sides of their status-symbol truck. But, such a truck does look pretty in the parking lot of the strip-club.
So, what can you do with a rifle that's too nice to take hunting?