Unless being a rare K Date, refurbished Mauser typically goes under $1k. Reliability and accuracy has no warranty. To be fair, many original guns have not been fired for decades, inspection does not allow test firing, so you don't know.
I would say buying at least one original Mauser for shooting. $1.5-$2k. Not cheap, but fun of shooting original guns is bigger than shooting modified guns. If deeply worry you could damage it, buy a pair, shoot one and keep one in safe.
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