you obviously dont know much about guns or have extremely poor taste. under $700!?

let see...Remington 700SPS, and theversion with a laminated stock..

I sell the Tikka T3 in that price range..I also sell the the Ruger Hawkeye..the Savage Euro model..Weatherby Vanguard..

any of those models embarrasses any Mosinigant rifle I have ever seen. I sell Mosigant rifles..around 125 bucks..I sell the old German Mausers as well. being in the business, I deal with firearms regularly, and these old things simply dont compare. Kinda like comparing a WW1 biplane to a F22 Raptor.

my experience is people who want these guns simply cannot afford decent equipment..so they buy them. they are real POS though. and no matter what customizing one does, you still end up with aPOS. had a guy come in the other day with one..even set up with a scope..compared even to the Stevens rifle a real club.