Walmart sells them for about 200 dollars. The NEF 223 in quite a few tests will shoot right along with the best bolt guns. I have one with the synthetic stock. It will group half inch or less with 40 grain Nosler ballistic tips, the ones loaded by Winchester in the big boxes. They are cheap shells and the NEF seems to like the lighter bullets. This from reading many reviews on the H&R talk site. Mine shoots great. I have three of them. The 223. 44 Mag and 280 Rem.