You can score a new Remington SPS (.270, 7mm-08, .308 or .30-'06) for $429 if you look hard enough.

Topped with a $99 Pentax Gameseeker 3-9x40mm (one tube, waterproof, nitrogen-sealed, fully multi-coated), you're out for about $600 with bases & rings.

If you can somehow swing the extra $100, I don't now how you could you beat that for a great hunting rig.

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