Maybe a bit more money but if you can get a WASR 10/63 then do so. Now, there's another called the WASR 10 and that one is the one you ought to stay away from. The 10/63s have been in production since like 2008 and have a higher quality than the previous model. Only thing is that there is no clear indication between the two variants but the biggest is a Tapco G2 trigger which all 10/63s have

Buy 50 surplus Mosins That's literally all you need

What do you want exactly? A hunting gun? A Target gun? Just saw, a target rifle. That is really helpful to know to send you on the right path. As for your budget? Things are kinda close price wise. I mean, there are some budget durr rifles out there for 300 to upper 400, but they're budget for a reason. There is some quality mil-surp out there. A Mauser or an Enfield would be great rifles to have, accurate too. Now if we are talking about Semi-auto. There is the SKS, but those are starting to get pretty pricey unfortunately. Low end AKs. You definitely won't get an AR. Maybe a lower and all the lower parts, but not a barreled upper. Auto-loading durr rifles are out of the question price wise too. You could join the CMP, assuming you're 'Merican, and then get yourself an M1 Garand for 600 dollars. Very few quality rifles fall under 500 dollars. If you want a Shotgun, or a Pistol then you have all sorts of choices. Rifles? Not much besides mil-surp and budget hunting rifles.

Mini-14 is SOOOOO much fun to shoot on the range. .22 is gonna be the cheapest route though. Shooting larger caliber weapons burns a hole in your pocket real quick.

What do you want to do with it...... Plink? Shoot Long Range? Hunt? (If so what game?) One piece of advice? Stay away from Rem 770...it's worthless. Rem 700 is amazing though.

What would it's use be

A Remington .308, 5 round clip, semi-auto. [url] http://www.gunauction.com/buy/8460516/rifles-for-sale/semi-auto-rifle/remington-semi-auto-rifle-left-hand-wow-ever-see-one[/url] This was the first rifle I owned.