I've not been active either on this forum of in the firearms hobby for some while having my nose buried in other hobbies.
I went out to look at what's currently selling on GB in the wide wacky wonderful world of Mauser C96's.
My eyes almost popped and I may have sprained my jaw in reaction to prices. And for junk!
Here's a gem:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/976866263
"Mint" "Professionally restored" "They don't come better than this!"
Hoo boy.
Jerry