Yes. Most MLer will be on sale after the season, especially at Wal-Mart, and some shops. You can get a good rifle for $300. Add a scope for $150 (Nikon Pro Staff that Sabot Loader bought), add another $100 for supplies, like bullets, cleaner, etc and your right at about $550 to $600 dollars. You can get a used gun for $300 that has a scope and a gun. One of the better places is Williams Gun Site Company:

http://www.williamsgunsight.com/gunsights/813usedblkpowderguns.htm

You can also find good guns in various used stuff want ads, where I live in Va there is a paper called the "Vally Trader", there are several gun in that for $300 that are great guns, most with scopes, most .50 cal, most shot very little. Chap Gleason