Yes, fitment and finish on the stocks is lacking, but the metalwork is not. I know a lot of people who, like myself, bought one in various calibers, and compared to other rifles (including Mauser's push feed rifle) the controlled feed 98 action is second to none. Their mass production stocks keep prices very competative, but few are aware of their higher grade versions that are comparably priced with the fancy grade M98 sporters still being made by Mauser.Mk. X rifles were contemporaries of the Parker Hale Mauser sporting rifles. I always thought that they were nicer rifles. After the disintegration of Yugoslavia, and the subsequent NATO bombing of Serbia, the reintroduced Zastava Mauser rifles were lacking in comparison.



























