Folks, I pose this question primarily out of frustration. Unless I'm mistaken, are there no new Commercial-style Mauser 98 actions available in the U.S. anymore? I'm thinking along the lines of the FN Herstal, Interarms Mark X, etc. I know KBI/Charles Daly used to sell actions but now that Remington has entered the equation that source is long gone. I finally located a New-In-Box Interarms Mark X action last week from a gentleman in KS and jumped at the chance to buy it. My frustration arose from the fact that it took about 6 mos. of casual looking and 2 additional months of intensive searching before I found something. (I am currently attending a gunsmithing school and needed an action for a final project.) Should a well-made, (relatively) affordable Mauser action be that difficult to find? I don't understand why one of the most popular actions in history is not more readily available to gunsmiths and custom rifle-makers in the U.S. Of course, everyone would love to have an action from Satterlee, Granite Mountain, or Waffenfabrik-Hein but the reality is that a majority of people cannot afford one of those.

All apologies for making this sound like sour grapes. I'm just genuinely curious to know if new Mauser actions have dried up.