Lately the Amoskeag auction house has had a good choice of shooters at good prices. Their next auction is in March.
Legacy and Simpsons have Mauser shooters at times, however they tend to go very fast, within hours after posting; you'll need to watch their 'new items' area carefully.
I also think GunBroker can be a good resource. Your concern about getting abused is sound, to mitigate I suggest only deal with sellers with significant positive feedback, who offer a return and allow you to pay by credit card. If the item is not as described you have tremendous leverage via the credit card company. You should be able to get a fine shooter at the price range Ed mentions, and if you will pay up to $1,200 or $1,400 or so and exercise patience and discipline on price you should be able to get a lower to mid-range collectible.
Good luck, let us know what you get.
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