Nearly 12 yrs ago to the day, I was in Zimbabwe on safari for plains game with my .264-300 WSM (HS Precision synthetic/AL-bedded stock-super accurate) and .338-06 A-Sq (Walnut stock-full length bedding-super accurate) but the PH suggested I use his battered, old .375 HH Steyr-Mannlicher ST (great action, super accurate, a little top-heavy w/ the heavy barrel, and a cracked stock-as you describe!) on the bigger stuff. After a night by the fire using a cordless Dremel tool (1/2 way between a dental drill & real drill!) and a 1/8" diam. drill bit, we cross-drilled the hairline crack and inserted stout steel baling wire dipped in Gorilla glue. The crack was cleaned, also filled with Gorilla glue, and eventually filled with walnut repair putty. He was so happy with the result (after we re-sighted it, and bagged a blue wildebeest, huge livingstone's eland, and an old male giraffe,) he later gifted it to me (and I completely re-did the rifle-re-bluing, refinished the entire stock, worked out handloads perfect for the gun and took it back to Africa.) After that trip someone who had worked as a Dr. during the earlier civil war paid me a royal sum for the thing, as he'd used same for personal defense back then...Your gun IS repairable, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE A DECENT FAJEN STOCK MADE FOR AN INTERARMS X SPORTERIZED M98 MAUSER, I HAVE ONE. IT WAS USED IN A .300 WIN MAG WHICH SHOULD BE THE SAME LONG ACTION AS BOTH 9MM YOU MENTION. IT WAS FIBERGLASS BEDDED (action-only), SO YOU MAY GET LUCKY WITH YOUR RIG. $250 PLUS SHIPPING AND IT'S YOURS. NO CRACKS!! PM ME IF INTERESTED AND I'LL TAKE SOME PICS...GOOD LUCK! (attached pic is one of the few I could find of the refurbished Steyr a few years later in Namibia)
