This is sort of a poll, there are (as we all know) quite a few variants of the 98 military mauser. It would be interesting to hear from the members their order of preference eg. mine is something like this VZ-24, Oberndorf, Chilean and so on in the in the large ring, 33/40 (if i could find and afford it} & a 98a because I can, in the small ring versions. The other aspect of this "poll" is what you would expect to pay in a deal between an informed seller & informed buyer, for an unmodified, rust free example in your neck of the woods. The bottom line is I sometimes see just the action for sale and only have a vague idea of the value. Thankyou for any response(s). --- John 303.