Need ID's on old school custom rifle stocks...Mauser guys, come on in...

[MelvinWalker]

I recently bought a portion of a gunsmith estate. In this group of stuff was five older, very fancy rifle stocks. They remind me of the 1960's "Weatherby" style rifle stocks. Three of them have cheek combs and several of them have very fancy wood, Schnabel type grips with inlaid burls,etc.

I obviously know the Remington 700 composite stock and the well done 1903 sporterized stock, but can anyone positively ID the rest of them? One of the three fancy ones might be a custom 1903 sporter stock and the other two may be 98 Mauser stocks? Can anybody tell from the upper and lower inletting pictures?

 

[The Kid]

The three on the right all appear to be Mauser 98 stocks. Likely Bishop, Fajen, or one of the other suppliers of semi inlets back in the 60s.

 

[LVSteve]

Which one has been identified as a 1903 stock? Also, a 1903 what, Springfield or Mauser? Second from the top looks to be a shortened Mauser stock going by the crossbolt.

 

[MelvinWalker]

Which one has been identified as a 1903 stock? Also, a 1903 what, Springfield or Mauser? Second from the top looks to be a shortened Mauser stock going by the crossbolt.

I think you are correct. I was casually told it was a scant grip 1903 Springfield and I didn't really look at it....However, I looked closely at the remaining cartouches and I believe it to be an 1891 Argentine Mauser.