GK,
Wondered about the Sauers and Blasers myself and after selling them all off I have only two push feeds one of which is the Mauser M03 made by Blaser, the other a Sako. I must admit they are well made and work well but do not have the aura of an Oberndorf Mauser sporting rifle. I have found the same strange attraction among friends on these current or recent production rifles and it still mystifies me how one can look down their nose at an Original Mauser Sporter. My assumption is that they immediately associate them with the G-98 or K-98 (both wonderful rifles in their own right) and think - military surplus. Most of the uninformed assume you are talking about a sporterized military rifle and are immediately turned off by it. Having shown legions over the years what a true Mauser sporting rifle is they normally fall quickly in line with the rest of us but then will still purchase a new push feed rifle due to the "complications" associated with scope mounting.