ORIGINAL: laufer303
Rem 700, 30.06, 4-12 scope, should serve you right for the start.
Dude, this is a very experienced shooter, with lots of guns already, who is looking for something a bit different/unusual.
To the guy whose dad has a Charles Daly shotgun with "20 boxes through it and it still shoots great..." 20 boxes through a shotgun is NOTHING. That's only 500 rounds. If it didn't still shoot great, I'd be seriously raising some he!! with the store where I bought it and with the manufacturer. I've got a Browning Special Sporting Clays that shotmorerounds than that every month for 8 years, and still shoots great...
ShaTo: The Cabela's gift certificate sounds like a great idea. That way you can hold onto it until you save up the additional $500- $1000you would need to pickup a nice Beretta or Browning O/U 20 ga.