Pinto I'm sure you have a new fav. The 7WM is a real "doer" and the Euromark is ever the truely "functional, yet still beautiful and classy looking hunting rifle". Pricewise yours sounds about right, most of the used Euros that I have seen for the last year or so on gunbroker.com and auctionarms.com were bringing about that. Around $500 or so less than most Deluxe Mk Vs. Theres nothing wrong with the VX I btw, they have Multicoat 4 coating on the exterior lenses!

Good luck and enjoy,
RA