The action is worth that.
The rifle is worth at least 3 times that.
There is a highly engraved Paul Jaeger for sale right now for $7,995.00.
Paul Jaeger was the uncle of Dietrich Apel, who owns New England Custom Guns.
www.newenglandcustomgun.com/german.htmlJaeger was as good a Mauser gunsmith as there was in the US. His standard rifles sold for about 40% more than a Winchester Model 70 in 1963, to give you an idea.
He built a side mount QD for the 7/8 inch scopes and later the 1-inch scopes. He also built his own trigger for the Mauser 98.
I used to drool over the catalogs as a youngster, and bought the first one I got my hands on, years ago, with scope, from its original owner, for whom it was custom built in 1954. I also bought 2 Marholdt Peterlongo custom Mausers from him, all at near the same price.
I have lots of photos of Jaeger's rifles that I have run across. I'll take a picture of mine and post it, if you like.
