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Are there matching #'s in large numbers on the left side of the stock toward the butt plate? What color is the wood? Dark or light? From what I've read (Serbian and Yugoslav Mauser Rifles, by Branko Bogdanovic), when the original M.24's were rearsenaled to the M.24/47 configuration they used whatever parts were available. As you said, years later they may have pulled a M.24/47 from storage, found a cracked stock and replaced it with one from the M.48 line. The first question about the matching numbers on the stock maybe the answer. If they did the rearsenal, they would engrave the stock with the receiver #. I don't have the book in front of me for reference but some M.24/47's had the option for the sling to be mounted either way (for infantry or cavalry use). I'll see if i can find out more.
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