I have been an Original Mauser Sporting fanatic for decades and to put it bluntly everything I pick up today seems to fall short in some way- even the very expensive current M-98 designed rifles do not have that same "feel". The thought that comes to me when I pick up one of my Mauser Model B, for instance, is that this was a non-descript factory gun made for general sales to whomever, it is not a special order and does not even have a great deal of figure in the stock, but it is executed to such a high degree of fit, finish and attention to detail that I simply cannot get excited about much on today's bolt action market- my mind always wanders off to my Model B and I feel a bit let down. My advice is either you get one and then acquire ten (because its very hard to stop-I have 7 so I have some room yet!) or stay away from them all together because you will almost always be disappointed when handling something else.