bought one of those BRNO mausers off Michael. Very very nice, and a pleasure to deal with him. But when I bought it (a few months ago), he had two left, one in 243 and one in 270 and wasn't getting any more. He said the factory had been bought by CZ and no more of these mausers were coming out. The model is BO98, and according to people on mausercentral was a model made from refurbed vz24 or other brno military mausers (98/29?) and sporterised. If anyone's interested I'll put some photos up. It's got good fit and finish with a nice walnut stock, single set trigger and factory screwcut. Give him a call if you want a 243 or 270 (might have had a 7mm rem mag not sure), they're a good deal IMO (£550).
I did have a couple of teething problems, and mike was very helpful sorting them out. But the bolt handle still needs further bending(got extra high rings with a 40mm scope), and the 243 cartridge is not perfect for the action IMO. But no worries it'll be a mauser cartridge sometime (probably 7x57).
How much are the new M98's from mauser then? I was lusting after one, but didn't even enquire about price - I assumed they would be out of my price range. I hope I wasn't wrong... It's the only rifle I'd consider over a Husqvarna 1640 now.