Drop in stocks for Mauser K.98

[Scribe]

I have an Israeli Mauser k.98 in 7.62 NATO which I want to refit, but still be able to return it to as issued.

Has anyone any recommendations as to the best replacement synthetic stock? Thumb hole, semi pistol grip etc will be considered. I want to use it for range, rather than field, work.
Many thanks in anticipation.

 

[Mobuck]

I've used Ramline and Corelite and Choate but none of those comes in thumbhole. Corelite(Midway sells them) is cheap and clunky but strong and fairly stiff. Cuts easily with a Dremel for final fitting.

 

[taylorce1]

If you want a thumbhole you're probably going to have to buy a Richard's Microfit gunstock. Then you'll have to pull out the woodworking tools and skills to finish it. Make sure you get it with the military barrel inlet.Or you can buy a Boyd's gunstock in featherweight thumbhole and #1 barrel channel and hog it out for your military barrel. Either way you're looking at a lot of work to restock your rifle in a thumbhole.

 

[Smokey Joe]

New stock...

Scribe--You wanted a synthetic stock; can't help you there. If you can accept laminated wood instead, I urge you to check out Boyd's Stocks. For the k98 they have a bunch. Laminated wood is a trifle heavier; almost as impervious to moisture & humidity changes.

If you get an "unfinished" one (just means not finish-sanded nor varnished--all the inletting is finished) it's easy to glass bed yr rifle before doing the finish-sanding and varnishing. Plus if you want to make minor modifications to the stock's general shape, that works too.

The Boyd's 'phone people are used to talking newbies through the process.

Boyd's, or Midway, sells glass bedding kits. You can use local sandpaper and spray-can varnish.

However you go on this project, please keep us updated. Oh, and pix are always nice! Good luck!

ETA: One more thought--You wanted a drop-in stock, but with military rifles, there are always so many minor differences in dimensions that (a) if it were truly drop-in for all examples of a particular model, it'd have to be very sloppy for most of them, and therefore (b) there is almost always a little fitting to do with a fine file, Dremel tool, sandpaper-on-a-stick, or such. So you don't really want complete drop-in.

 

[Hawg]

I bought a stock from Richard's for my G 33/40. Its a beautiful piece of claro walnut with rosewood tip and grip cap and has maple spacers but its very rough. Its taking a lot more work to smooth it up than I had imagined. If I had known then what I know now I'd have gone with a lesser piece of wood from somebody else.