<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote<font size=1 face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> Yep, just finished reamed. You will end up paying twice as much to re-worked a mauser than the price of a remington or winchester and the gun will only be worth 1/2 as much.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' size=2 id=quote>

Very true, and if the action was taken from a rifle with any collector value, the collector value would be negated also.