I bought an Accura stainless for $289 new from Cabela's and there are now a lot of good guns new for under that. Optima's are like around 250 now and some others even less. I would buy a new gun even a cheaper model before i would spend anything from a pawn shop. Heck i bought a new Wolf on sale for $120 and shot a deer this year with it. You are really don't get a good deal from most pawn shops. Buy one from someone you know is fine. ML's are pretty cheap right now. Most good scopes cost as much as the gun anymore.