I have a model 1895 Chilean Mauser made by Loewe in Berlin. It’s been sporterized and won’t be winning any beauty pageants. Like a lot of small ring Mausers, the stock is cracked at the tang, probably from lack of bedding the recoil lug, the wood drying out, bedding around the tang being too tight, or all of the above. I’m going to drop it into a cheap synthetic stock, but I’m thinking of bedding the recoil lug with fiberglass or epoxy and opening up the inletting around the tang a little, just so it doesn’t happen again. I had a large-ring 98 in a synthetic stock once that cracked at the tang, my first hunting rifle, so I want to avoid having this problem again. Anyone have any pointers or have you done this before?