Consider the Titleist 735 cm's.
They are a combo set that are muscle backs on the short irons (better workability) shallow cavity on the mid irons (forgiveness and workability) and full cavity backs on the long irons (forgiveness).
You can find a set P-3 iron for about 200 bucks on ebay. They are fantastic and the better you get the better they get. With the Callaways you get forgiveness up front, but once you get better their lack of feedback will slow your progression.
Also they are forged so you have a lot of durability when it comes to adjusting the loft and lie.
Good Luck!
Titleist 735 CM's in chrome.