Joel: The book has been written several times on Mausers but I don't have them. Almost any commercial Mauser made by FN will be very good. The commercial Yugoslavian Mausers whether bearing the Interarms or Charles Daly logos are pretty good, meaning good steel and apparently good heat treatment. They usually need a little polishing of rails etc to be smooth. Old commercial Brnos are excellent as are the FN's used by Sako and Browning. Sears (J.C. Higgins) used a good action with some cheaper mods on trigger assy's but it wasn't top of the line for FN. Still a good basis for a start as you can upgrade the trigger and safety etc. The militarys are a mixed bag. Some excellent some very shoddy. Mr. Belk over on Hunt America seems to know them very well and a query to him on a specific rifle would get you the straight goods. Most of the militarys that were made by FN or Mauser Werk are excellent but I would query Mr. Belk as heat treating may have varied in these too. I,m not that familiar with the whole gamut of them. If I see one that looks good I do some research before buying. besto