Last year I bought a nice 11-87 premier 12ga from a guy at work for $300. It has the 28" light contour barrel, and shoot like a dream! Before that I bought a savage 720 from a local pawnshop for $110, the only thing wrong with it was the bolt return spring was jacked up, so I got one from numrichs, and it shots great. Next thing on the list is a ruger 10-22 charger, I shouldn't have shot that one at the range last weekend!