Oberndorf Mausers in .30-06 are exceedingly rare! Many a hardcore collector doesn't have one and in my travels around the globe I've seen only two: a very stuffed-up Type B that an American dealer at the 2015 SCI show wanted a fortune for, and another one on a farm in Namibia that had the square-bridge ground off to fit scope mount bases, bolt handle bent, new safe and trigger and a black plastic stock. Tragic...
Here in SA, the biggest Mauser collector has close on 200 really mint Mausers in his safe. He lacks rifles in two calibres, though: .280 Ross and .30-06. They are occasionally advertised on the internet by specialist dealers but look at the prices being asked for them and you should get a good idea how rare and sought after they are.
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