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I found this on RIA, a modern repro made by Mauser, which sold for $1450.Then how much does the carbine cost and is it in the US?

Turns out "Automatic" is a Ukrainian manufacturer:
These firearms are designed for the Ukrainian civilian market. Except for the C96 carbine, which as you know has a locked breech short barrel recoiling action, all other firearm replicas of this company are direct blowback operated guns firing from an open bolt. I assume the Ukrainian law has no restrictions on the open bolt civilian firearms as soon as they are semi-auto only. Interestingly, the MP-38 replica has a built-in mechanism that prevents the gun from being fired if the stock is folded. I am pretty sure this design change is done to meet the legislative requirements which set a minimum overall length for civilian firearms.
Edit: Company origins:
In 2005 a team of engineers sharing passion for military history with just one milling machine available started development of a highly precise M.P.38 submachine gun copy. All of the team members were experienced in metalwork and designing. The team also had access to M.P.38 exhibited in a museum which was used as a sample. Designing process was started from a scrap: first step was to make molds for Bakelite parts and magazine well. Three months after the first highly detailed (with all markings) dummy was finished. The next project was PPD-40 submachine gun followed by PPD-38/40, МР28, and МР18. Starting from 2008 AUTOMATIC launched production of its blank firing weapons as a supplement to the dummies, which quickly became popular among historical reenactors and producing studios around Europe shooting war films. The company started manufacturing firearms in 2016. Today the brand is known not only with its highly precise historical weapons replicas, but with its original models as well.

Their C-96 carbine is $6297(!), while the MP-38 is $2664 USD.
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