mauser stock question

[Honk...Honk...Boom]

As most of you know I recently got a M954 mauser . Its in really good shape with one exception the previous owner tried to do some hand checkering and did a very bad job, he also carved into it a little in order to define where he was going to do this checkering. My question is that I have an opportunity to purchase a used Military Stock from a 1908 Brazilian 7x57 Large Ring Mauser Model 98. It looks very similar to my Brazilian mauser. Are they the same stock. Also my mauser is 30-06 does that make a difference?HELP!!!!!!!!
Can this be done? Or for you purists out there should I try to """Fix""" the stock?

H.H.B.

 

[tiriaq]

I'm sure it could be adapted. The M954 might have a longer magazine box.

 

[ringo]

Your refit should work, the only difference between stocks should be an extra reinforcing bolt in the stock.

They also began producing a new Mauser variant known as the Mauser Mq .30 M954 in .30-06. This used reworked 1908 receivers, had a stamped cup shaped Mauser 98k type butt plate with a trap for a cleaning kit in it, an extra reinforcing bolt in the stock and the barrel was threaded for a muzzle break. It is reported that at least some of these have brittle receivers as in the case of the low numbered M1903 Springfields. The original 1908 receivers were made on the soft side with a high grade steel of the period. Rockwell hardness could range as low as c10-c14. Over years of hard use they tended to stretch, as headspace grew beyond tolerance and they became unserviceable, but they did not shatter. The ordnance people felt that the .30M2 cartridge pressure curve was too much for these actions to maintain headspace within specification for a reasonable period in issue. They decided to reheat-treat them before rebuild and this made some, at least, overly hard and brittle.