Jon - That is a nice looking Remington- Lee 'Hunting' rifle that you own.
Did someone improvise a recoil-lug & Stock 'cross-bolt' to protect the wood from splitting?
The numbers and survival rate of 'smokeless' Remington-Lee rifles is small. From observation, I find the design to have a fair number of vulnerable parts and weaknesses.
The Remington design never got the development and improvement that perfected arms made at National Armories, like the Lee-Enfield and Krag.
I am in the process of restoring a Michigan National Guard model 1899 Remington-Lee rifle with a rather nice stock, that is free of cracks and splits - (2nd picture).
The first attached photo is another 'cut-down' rifle with typical stock damage.
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