RE: Cheap / Expensive Rifles?
Depends on what your looking for. I would say 5 to 7 hundred is average right now. However you can get some really great deals for $300 or so in the Mossberg, savage and stevens models. And you can get a Howa with a hogue stock for between 4 and 5 hundred dollars.
I honestly think much over 700 bucks and your paying for a name or custom upgrades.
Paul