Today, I received the long awaited Mausers and was rather surprised with what arrived. I was expecting marginally serviceable junk but I caught a really good deal instead. Only one of the 10 would not allow a bolt to close and only one of them had been drilled for mounts and that was on the bridge only. To make it even more sweet, two are 1943 Husqvarnas and on top of that, one appears to never have been fired, or little fired, judging by the complete lack of polish on the locking lug recesses. It also has had the bridge lowered by milling but all the others have had a more or less horrific encounter with a belt sander, unfortunately. These actions come from a fellow that bought everything from the first Kimber bankruptcy. Frankly, I'm ecstatic; even a blind squirrel gets a spruce cone now and again, I guess.
The good news is that in the pile there are three, perhaps four actions that I would not use as the basis for a build. One is a CG that is slightly crushed and has a small crack in the right lug race. Two other CG's have setback in the locking lug recesses and the third, unfortunately an Oberndorf, that has had the bridge really destroyed. You would never be able to put a scope on it without an epoxy build up.
So here we are. I'm going to spend some time re-reading it all to select a good starting point. I certainly encourage any input.