oldfool,
There are several old Savage 340's and Stevens 325's out there (basically the same gun with diff name, there are other hardware store verisions such as Revelation too) If you keep an eye out, you'll see them on used gun shelfs, anywhere from $150-250 around here.
The early ones had two drill and tapped holes near the rear of the left side of the reciever for peep sights. If it has to be scoped, look for the later models with 4 holes that are drilled and tapped on the left side of the reciever. These readily excpet after market scope mounts. B-Square is one such mount.