OKLAHOMA, Rebarrel M98 cost?

[PJgunner]

A while back I found a 1909 Oberndorf Mauser in 7.65x53 Peruvian. it has a pretty nice sporter stock on it, Timney trigger and looked pretty nice over all. Even the price was right at $150 complete with a cheaipe scope. Well, I bought it for the wood and the action anyway so I took it to my friendly, but not cheap gunsmith. They have built several rifles for me based on Mausers and while he's not inexpensive, I feel his prices are more than fair considering the quality of the work. The only thing I needed done on the rifle was a new barrel in .308 Win. When the gun was finished, the cost was $500 and change. I put different scope on the gun and shot a .80" group after getting it on paper at 100 yards. That's a 5 shot group, not three. The 7x57 Mauser on anFN action he made my is a consistant .75" gun and the one load I've tried in the .280 Rem. he made is also very sub-MOA. It shoots .75" groups with my handload and hovers at the inch mrk with Remington factory ammo.
Looking at Larry's prices, they're very reasonable. All I will say is most of the ones I've had built have run four figures. Was it worth all that expense? Well, for me it was. I have riles that look good, shoot good and are damn pretty to look at. What more could one want?
Paul B.