What has happen to the price of this gun the price has went thru the roof.
Here's a hint: They are outstanding rifles, they are no longer made, and importers no longer have warehouses full of them.
Overpriced? It all depends on how you see it. A rifle that was carefully and painstakenly put together with handfitted parts or a remington 700 mass produced from cheap stamped or potmetal parts? Take your pick.
I can still get VZ-24 ('98 Mauser) for $150
$150 might buy you a VZ-24 with a shot out barrel, I haven't seen any for less than $200 that weren't completely shot out in a long time. $150 is still an excellent bargain for the action alone. Of course you can still find 98/22s that use the same action with good barrels for around $100, or unused 98/29s with the same action for around $200 ( I just love my 98/29
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