I bought an SPS stainless in 30.06 brand new for 479.99 before taxes. It shot very well while sighting it in but by the end of the box of bullets the scope was busted so i never got to really check on how tight the groups are. I will be putting a new scope on soon enough and will finish the finite sighting of the rifle. I love it, the R3 pad works great. I want to say that my SPS stainless is a 26 inch barrel though, not sure, will check for sure.

correction, just the mags come in 26 inch barrels on teh SPS stainless