I agree with the many posters here who have recommended going with a used Husqvarna or Carl Gustaf (same thing) rifle from Intersurplus. Great North Guns also has a wide selection of these rifles and in my experience, have been good to deal with. The quality of these Swedish rifles is light years ahead of the bottom-shelf entry-level rifles from Savage or Remington.
You can find a Husqvarna 1600-series rifle--labelled Husqvarna or Carl Gustaf 1600 or 1640--in 30-06 in the $400-$500 range. However, if it were me, I'd go an extra $100 to $600 and pick out a Husqvarna or Carl Gustaf 1900 rifle. In my opinion the 1900 action is the very best that Husqvarna produced, and, unless I were to insist on a controlled-round action, I'd take it over the 1600 series--for a variety of reasons. There are lots of 1600- and 1900-series Husqvarnas and Carl Gustafs available from both Intersurplus and Great North Guns.
