I picked up an XS7 (stainless) for ~$300 out the door in 243. Intended to use as a loaner/truck gun.
The plastic stock is as good as most, but the mag follower and bolt feel squirt-gunnish. The gun I brought home had a machine mark in the crown that I discovered after getting home. I fixed it myself. Mounted a bargain Weaver classic V9 that was on sale for $119 in a set on Model 70 mounts and rings I had laying around.
When all was said and done, it shoots 85 NPs over Varget and 85 TSXs over H4350 well under MOA. Doesn't get much more 'budget' than that.
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