OT, if you ever wanna get rid of that old Mauser give me a jingle. While many disagree, I really like the old stepped contour barrels and if you can find one that's not all shot out, you can really have a good shooter. I stupidly traded one I had fit up with a Monte stock that I wasn't afraid at all to take a shot at 250 on a whitetail with. Traded it for a nice Springfield 1911 .45 in mint condition. Guy really liked my rifle, I really liked his .45. Still kick myself sometimes as that dang rifle was a hell of a good shooter.