I recently had the pleasure of shooting a GEM of a little rifle the other day. Made by savage and sold under the stevens name, the Stevens Model 200. This little beauty has the internals of the savage 110 just dropped into a synthetic stock. The Stock is much sterdier than i expected, the triggerpull is crisp, the accuracy is OUTSTANDING. i fired about 20 rounds through with a .80 average spread at 100yards. I'm buying one this next week, as a matter of fact, and i'm spending the extra money on a slick new scope!
I found it for $270, which is mind boggling to me. All the online reviews are glowing for this rifle as well - it definately fills the void for the budget hunters in ability and price. it outperforms a lot of high priced guns!

Check this out:
http://www.nrapublications.org/tar/Stevens200.asp
http://www.gunblast.com/Stevens-200.htm
it was even given this rifle of the year pre-nom:
http://www.shootingindustry.com/05prenoms.html

Again, this is a serious bargain, no bull**** shooting and no frills. if you want a pretty wood stock or a brandname other than Savage, by all means go somewhere else. but for pure functionality at impressive price, this is the rifle for me, at least. Peronally, i think it's beautiful with black metal on a blue-grey stock!

good luck in your search!