Yours is probably a modified military stock, do a Google Image search for "Mauser Modelo Argentino 1891" and compare the shape and details of the original stocks to yours. No telling what was applied to it over the past ~118 years.
BLO (Boiled Linseed Oil) is fine, and dries quicker, but you need to make sure whatever is on it won't keep the oil from soaking in to the wood. Hopefully some numbnut didn't put a polyurethane finish on it.
For the crack I used a high speed cutter on my Dremel, I cut channels across the crack about halfway through the wood, making sure I didn't go too deep, or slip and chew up part of the stock outside the inletting:
I cut a piece of threaded brass rod to the length of the channels:
I used Devcon 2 Ton epoxy,
I put the epoxy into the channels and then flexed the stock as much as possible to try and work the epoxy into the crack. I then put the pieces of brass rod into the channel, clamped the stock and then filled the channels the rest of the way, level to the wood.
Here are the photos you posted in the other thread:
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