I have 2. A M38 and a M96, The M96 I got as a package deal, M96 barreled action and a P14 Enfield for $150. Couldn't go wrong. The M96 has been cut back to 22" and had a scope mounted. A Boyd bros stock addorns it, laminated. I glass bed the action, put a Timney trigger onand made some handloads w/ 140gr bullets. When I do my part she'll shoot inside 3/4" at 100yds 5 shots. Long story short..... somebody offered me $700 for it at the range. For $350 I wouldn't have bought my M96, b/c I wanted a barreled action only. $350 is a little steep anywhere you look but that is the going rate. People have seen them around and have come to like them, in my family there are 6. Resources have dried and the ones on the market are generally the ones that came in in the boom yrs. PS there is no way that rifle will ever leave my possession except when my wife wants to hunt w/it.