Check out the Savage Forum @

http://savageshooters.baker-media.com/SavageForum/index.php

They have a classified section and may be able to get a nice one used for less than $540 that has had the action bedded and so forth. There is a guy there that also sells take-off parts like wood stocks and NIB barrels if you are interested in caliber changing using same action. Most of the NIB wood stocked Savage's I've seen have been about $459 at gun shops, Cabela's had an American Classic on sale (in Ft Worth) for the same price.