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If that were mine I would put in three cross bolts. One through the stock 'behind' the recoil lug, one behind the magazine cut out and one behind the trigger cut out. That wood does not look particularly dense and every cross bolt will help to eliminate splitting. This is how my original Mauser stock has been set up when re-chambered for 404J.

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Do you have photos? I don't recall seeing a rifle with the third cross bolt behind the trigger before.

Earlier versions of the CZs didn't have the cross bolts but they added them as standard after some stocks cracked on the 458s and 416 Rigbys, I believe. I wonder where they cracked - was it at the sides of the magazine where the timber is thinnest? Anyone know?

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If you go to Mauser Photos and Archives and have a look at the post "Mauser 404" you can see the stock with 3 cross bolts in the areas I outlined. (I don't know how to post the direct link)

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