If I was in the market for a 270 priced under $1,000, I'd look for a good used CLR.
For a regular production rifle, CLRs are light, well balanced, and accurate. The CLR didn't fail because they were bad rifles, they failed because Colt quit on them before they had been in the market long enough to achieve any sort of market penetration. A lot of people who were disappointed in the CLR seemed to think that they were buying a full ULA for 1/4 the price, when what they were actually getting is a rifle that is probably 4/5 ULA at 1/4 the price.
