The project wasn't shut down by the government here in SA, they were shut down because they couldn't turn a profit.

I will not name any names but the long and the short of it was that the project started off with six employees (lean and mean) and ended up with almost 40. The fact that you're a so-called "Mauser expert and collector" does not really make you an expert, even if you can fly a Mirage and lie and steal like a teeth puller. On the engineering side Vektor was also terribly let down - at the end the guy who was in charge felt the need to engage the services of one Arthur B Alphin to "teach" them how to glass-bed rifles (in exchange for a not-so-inconsiderable fee). Needless to say, it was an unmitigated disaster. there were people in the know in SA who knew (much) better but they were never properly listened to.

The Vektor Magnum Mauser project died as a result of piss poor management, not a black African government (bad as that may be). Anyone who insists on the contrary (tempting as it may be) simply does not know the real history of the project. That, and some people masquerading as Mauser experts (Mauser thieves would be closer to the truth) and Mauser engineers (substitute total Mauser and management novices in this regard) are really to blame. Vektor had a standing order for 200 actions a year from the British gun trade in the late 1990's and the prima donna's in charge scoffed at the idea at the time.

Piss poor management sunk the Vektor Magnum Mauser action. As simple as that.

When all is said and done, however, the Vektor is a very, very fine platform for anything worthy of a Magnum Mauser action. It will not let you down.