Here are 12,000 words worth. This is a left hand Model 85 bought in a group buy from around 2012. Looking at recent Zastava Model 70's - the full size model - it seems the relative quality is still pretty much the same.
IMHO these are a diamond in the rough, literally. The basic action, external finish and wood is sound, my Model 70 was nicely accurate although someone was sloppy with the extractor fit which kind of screwed up the famed Mauser reliability. I've seen some gorgeous examples of what these can be turned into if you have the time, talent and/or money. Zastava can build rifles to a price point. Obviously the ones they made for Charles Daly and I think the Remingtons were finished to a higher standard but their basic Model 85, again while a sound platform has a lot of corners cut in the machine work.
I'll highlight some things and you can see the other pics in the Image Gallery.
Link to full galleryWood finish and checkering. I dignify those scratchings with the word "checkering". However, the wood quality is a lottery, you could get something as plain as a 2x4 or you could get a very nice piece of wood. There is some decent grain here and a good finish would bring it out. The full size Model 70 I bought at the same time had a
really nice piece of walnut although it needed stripping and refinishing to bring it out. The other nice thing about their stocks is that they put enough wood in them for about 1.5 stocks. The ergonomics on the factory stock are very good, they have proper cast and cant and are quite "shootable". But there is also plenty of wood to carve out a slender little stock more befitting the size of the action and overall rifle.
External polishing and bluing is very good.
Now we start to get into the interior. Magazine length is shown by this loaded .223 round. Also note the condition of the bottom (left) edge of the action, it really was just as rough as it looks. You can sort of see it in this pic but the right feed rail was minutely sawtoothed to the touch.
More metal finish (or lack thereof) on the bolt.
Check out the back of that locking lug.