That crack should be able to be repaired and sured up without any refinishing work. Possibly some minor spot finish work I that area if you wanted the crack to be more hidden.
It is hard to tell what the cause of this crack is untill the gun is taken apart. Often cracks like this are caused by guns being dropped or something of that nature. In other words, if he crack is not caused by recoil, then when repaired, it will most likely not be an issue.
Obviously saving your original stock is best and there is no reason that it cannot be done on your gun. An original gun with honest wear is nothing to be ashamed of and should be maintained.
Just a note... You mentioned Macon stocks. I would steer clear of them in my opinion. The two times I have had customers provide me with stocks from them for me to fit and finish, there was major issues with both of them.
With any of these guns that were originally hand made and fitted, no stock off the shelf is guaranteed to work. There is no such thing as one size fits all. When I duplicate a stock, it is done for the individual gun that I am working on and room for hand fitting it always left.
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