The old school ones were pretty good. Caveat was poor sites and hand soldered barrels. If you get one that patterns well and the shot/bullet POI are close, you are in good shape. Most of them from the era were really close from the factory. Granted 80 years can be a lot on a gun. Any savage wood from the era will crack. It was the budget Sears/Montgomery Ward gun of the era, and was intended as a boy scout rifle, don't expect much. The new Savage/Steven 22/410 OUs that were popular around 10 years ago were junk. They went bang, but the POI was a crap shoot.