Husqvarna 1640 stock replacement

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I'm wondering if anyone has some good advice. The Husqvarna rifles are so great but they are prone to cracking stocks at the tang and elsewhere. I have a few carbine lightweight rifles and a couple standard rifles as well. I've owned and horse traded many others over the years. Right now I have a very light carbine in 30-06. I really like light rifles and this one is actually one of my lightest. When I bought it it had already been glass bedded and it had a faint crack at the tang. I didn't think it would get worse because it was bedded. But the cracking is getting significantly worse. If possible I'd like to just restock it with a McMillan Edge. Does anyone know if you can get a McMillan stock that would work with these rifles? Keep in mind these carbines have a slimmer barrel contour.
Does Boyd's make a stock that would work?
In the past I've tried buying another rifle from trade ex and switching stocks. It never works. It seems like these Huskies are hand fitted or something because they are each so individual with how they fit in their stocks.

So... Stock replacement for a husqvarna 4100 lightweight carbine. Any advice?

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I suppose I could try to repair the crack, but I don't think it will be super easy. It's already bedded so wouldn't have to remove some/most of that first? If so, then that would be some tricky dremel work. Then it needs to be drilled, epoxy'd and clamped with a bolt of some kind to hold it together. Where do I get one of these brass bolts? Then the bolt needs to be filed flush. Then it MAY hold, no guarantees.

I could do that, but I think I'd rather replace with a nice, light, reliable McMillan. But I don't know if that is possible.
 
On the mausers I did, just spread the crack as much as you can in order to work some wood glue (or better yet epoxy) into it, clamp it and let it cure. Then I'd drill a hole through wrist a bit below the crack (1/2" usually) all the way through, then put a brass screw through the hole, grind, then file flush. Screw will hold better and looks like a pin when filed flush.
 
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I do have replacements, but they are Euro, not American.
BTW, the 1640 are not more prone to crack than any other Mauser based rifles.
 
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