Std7mag the one you bought for 65.00 wasn't a Nazi stamped rifle,.
I can't believe how much these have increased in value over the years. Used to be able to get these for under a $100.
Not me! I remember buying K98ks by the crate at $49.99 each in the 1980s. And here we are 35-40 years later and inflation and market supply/demand have made them prohibitively expensive. Back then, we wanted the rifle for the action, nowadays all the wanna-be warriors gotta have a military dress rifle and are willing to pay for it. Just inflation would make those same rifles $250-300, and they haven't made any K98k rifles in about 74 years so the supply is drying up. Remember, K98k was the WW2 German Mauser, not the Czech or Spanish or Brazilian or Yugoslavian Mausers (although a lot of people think any military Mauser is a K98k). Yes, we had a lot of them for under $100 in the 70s and 80s, but that was a long time ago. In 1981 I made $21,000 and was living large, nowadays you could almost starve earning $40,000/yr.Are you guys trying to drive up values so you can sell your 98s at huge profits?