Re: Need a 308 under $1500
For $1,500, you can buy a plain-Jane 700 ADL with a heavy barrel and stick it in a McRee chassis--that way you have a DBM machined-into the chassis, and just about as much adjustability as you can handle. It's not the lightest or most ergonomic chassis out there, but for the price it's hard to beat the features you get from one. Scotty McRee has a special still going on where you can get a folding TMAG chassis with a magazine for $740-ish (I got a few extra doodads when I ordered mine so my total was a bit higher than that) so as long as you spend less than $750 for a heavy-barrel R700 (not hard to find one for that price), you'd be very well set-up.