SOG was selling them for 400 dollars. They are out of them though. Quite a deal if you're prepared to do some work and probably re-barrel. But now you're up to 600, which is CMP prices
CMP prices being what they are, it surprises me that some people don't feel that the CMP is a deal. I saw what would be a rack grade CMP rifle for 1600 dollars two weeks ago, and the man was quite confident that his shop's price was not high