ONLY $1000!!!! YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!

OHHH The agony..... OK settle down, just going to have to think outside the box here:

used Rem 700 SPS stainless from pawn shop $450
Throw away the stock, order boyds laminate from bargain bin $100
Order Douglas barrel, chamber in 338 win mag....350
Do all Smith work myself.

Okay thats $900. I'll have to tune the factory trigger rather than buy a timney or jewell. Leupold rings and bases $75= 975

I'll just have to steal a scope from another rifle in my safe. Leupold VXIII 2.5-8x32mm will do nicely. I'll replace it with a new Zeiss Conquest, but that doesn't count because that would be another project. so it doesn't count. (I use the logic on my wife from time to time).

So I came in under budget! [8D]