I think mine was $25 from sears. Then that was 13 hours of work or back when a dollar was close to an ounce of silver.Back in the 1960's the most common rifle available was the 8x57 Mauser, every closet contained a bring back or $29.00 one from the Army Navy surplus store . Before 1968 you could mail order them and the postman would bring it to your door .
I restocked so many with Herter's sporter stocks for friends and family I lost count.
Funny to see someone who hasn't shot one.... I'm getting old I guess .
Gary
I think for the most part people complain about the recoil of these old milsurp rifles because of the lack of any kind of pad and they quite often are not holding them tight enough to their shoulder.I never thought my K98 kicked that hard.... although my buddy swore it did.