Naren,

You may well be right! It's been a couple of years since I last talked with him and previously he (at least from what he told me), only supplied the actions. I wonder if this is perhaps the case, as it seems to me that the more recent rifles made by "Mauser" look more like the other rifles Prechtl makes than the ones made several years ago (which were rougher if I recall correctly). Before that though, he definitely made a couple of hundred rifles for the 1898-1998 anniversary.

Mehul, sorry, I don't know. FWIW though, I was told a few years ago by Karl Heinz Ritterbusch that his actions are made from Italian steel.