Weatherby Vangaurds are a step way ahead of all the budget rifles.
For a pure price point rifle, the Rem 783 has these features:
very fast lock time
steel magazine
Limbsaver recoil pad
Barrel is free floated
783 barrels I have bore scoped have been very, very good
Excellent extractor
Replaceable bolt head- go to a different size case head, PTG makes them
Down side is plastic trigger guard
I am seeing these used at $200-$265
