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I think the answers are really in your question:

So what's the difference between 1911's and Mauser actions? You can buy a Springfield/Ruger, and get a very servicable arm for a fair market price. Or you can dump some big $ in and get more features at the Ed Brown/Empire Rifles end of the spectrum.

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The supply of ex-military surplus M98 actions has dried up by now, look at the prices paid nowadays by the military arms collectors/shooters for a decent K98. The cost today to make a decent M98 action alone is more than Euro 2000.-. It does not matter much if you make a Kurz, Standard or Magnum length action from scratch. Add a decent barrel, stock and sights, you simply end up in the 3k range. Voere M98 rifles, if still available, were made on reworked surplus actions. The other year Voere started advertizing a "truly modern wonder action" of their own design, nothing like a M98 anymore.

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post war mauser quality is the 3000$+ custum gun quality of today
thats all

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Lancaster is correct, however the figures are a little off. It is not possible to build a quality genuine M98 action rifle for $ 3000.00 let alone make a profit.

I think what is often overlooked is that in 1956 a .275 base grade M98 Rigby was £ 150.00.

In todays money that represents more than £ 7000.00
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I must quibble with your example. A Rigby of any era is at least a semi-custom gun, and commanded some type of premium.

I think it would be a more apples to apples comparison if someone knows what a Mauser Model A cost in the pre-war era compared to other factory rifles of the same period.


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