If you can wait, I'd look again after New Years. There are some great deals to be had in that Feb through early May time frame. I stumbled across a Prohunter Mountain in 308 Win a few years ago for just over $400 new. Cabelas had them on clearance just before that for $625. I was doing my weekly/biweekly scan of the rack and saw they had marked them down again. The week before they had at least ten of them. When I saw them the following week, they were down to three, two after I picked mine out, and one an hour later as a buddy of mine got one in '06.
When I was up in AK, I found a shop that had Kimber 84M's on clearance for $675. Going price at that time was $1000. Just had calibers not that popular up there. Being a midwesterner at heart, couldn't resist the call from the 7mm08.
Just keep an eye on things and check frequently. Also don't over look pawnshops. Heard of some great buys from them.
