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To add onto what the other Anon said, Arisakas have strong actions and great build quality and can regularly be had for <$500 if you don't care about the "features" like dust covers or Mums. Also Spanish/South American Mausers are still cheap and many have been converted to 308 as well. There's also still Chink SKSes around even though x39 is more expensive than 556.