500;

Great idea!

deHaas reviewed two; one an action he bought, and the other a Whitworth Zastava-made gun. He said the buffing/polishing was bad on the action, but had much good to say about the Whitworth gun.

Makes me wonder if some are good, some bad.

My trouble with Mauser 98's is that since I'm where I am and can rarely see the guns before I buy them, who knows. I've run into many poor Mauser 98's over the years. As you say, there are gazillions of them so finding a good one shouldn't be hard, but for me sometimes is... Probably ditto the Zastava...

Thanks for the input.