I was married, had a daughter etc. when I got a chance to shoot a double and was hooked.
No way to afford a good double and Searcy and Tikka were not around so I did the next best thing.

I bought what I could afford - a .500 BPE and 45 years later I still have the gun and shoot it on a regular basis with nitro for black loads.

Also might be used as down payment on the Searcy or sold at the time you go "modern" but you can be shooting while you save. Dave