How about $499 for a Ruger Hawkeye synthetic/blue in .308W, .280 Rem or .30-06? Add $50 for .280 or .30-06 in walnut.

http://www.cdnnsports.com/firearms.html?brand=2118&cat=14&p=3

Shipping to your FFL is $14.75, or at least it was on the .30-06 I bought late last month.

Last edited by Coyote_Hunter; 07/21/15.

Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!

No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.

A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.