Thanks for all of the replies!
I'm mostly from the buy-once, cry-once school of thought, although I can't justify a magnetic force restoration scale just yet. The reality is that for the time being I'm looking for one or two .308 loads for range and hunting use, respectively; eventually I may add a calibre or two. Where I typically hunt, it is easy to find shots out to 1000 yds, but I've never felt the need to go beyond 250yds or so, so shorter range is perfectly fine. There's something intellectually satisfying with assembling high quality ammunition, but in all honesty 1.5-2 moa is probably fine.
I found the Forster as a blemished unit on Midway so it wasn't a whole lot more than other options.
Moving from pistol to rifle reloading I'm very aware of the higher pressures involved. I spent a lot of time working up the setup for pistol, but it has purposely been an even more deliberate process for rifle.