Mossberg shotguns are better than their rifles. Check out the Thompson Center Venture,around 500 bucks and shoot awesome. Put a nikon pro staff on it and you got a good setup for 700 bucks. My uncle just bought one and it is a very nice rifle without having to spend 1k. It groups just as good as my browning at 100 yards.
http://www.tcarms.com/firearms/venture.php