If it were me, id go hit up all the local pawn shops.
Ive found some really good deals in that past few years.
Stevens 200 is by far my favorite rifles.
Ive bought 2 from a pawn shop for $321 out the door for both. One in 243 very low round count, and the other in 25-06 that was brand new, i ended up giving it to my girlfriend.
The .25-06 and Put a Burris Fullfield E1 3-9x50 with rings and base for $300. She doesnt have any problems shooting spray paint can tops at 300 yards with a light loaded 100gr SMKs. Deer and Coyotes with 110gr Accubonds.
243 loves 87gr bergers and crows dont stand a chance out to 500 yards.
Ive messed with about 8 or 9 R700s for my buddies and there is quite a difference between them and the last one i bought back in 2008. Latest one was a 300WM Sendero. Thought that was their bread and butter but we couldnt get it to shoot anything worth a flip. Even tried 2 or 3 bases, 2 sets of rings and 2 of my scopes that i know were good. And about 15 different reloads. He ended up sending it back and they said nothing was wrong with it. So it got traded in.
I prefer Savage rifles cause i like to tinker and can change calibers around easily with a $25 bolt head and such.