Quote Originally Posted by HOOKED ON HISTORY View Post
I am going looking for a Mauser at the local gun show Sat. have been liiking for a k98 (no luck) if I run across a 48 or 27 at a reasonable price in reasonal condition I am going to purchase as a temporary Mauser fix. Kind of like your RFI No 5 bayonet purchase.
The Mausers really seem to have dried up around here. At least reasonably priced ones. They have been at the gun auction and some go very high but a few have been ok. They had a very nice M48 at the auction this past weekend and I was going to bid on that if it went low but it went for sale after the Swissicon 1911 and the Type 38 so I didn't even stick around to see how much it went for.

I'm glad I didn't stick around for it after finding this one. It was listed at $325 and was being sold as used, not a Mitchell's import. Mitchell's sells them for a lot more than that, I checked last evening. I wouldn't pay Mitchell's prices, even with using points.