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Was this stock re finished?
Waco Waltz
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Seen here,
http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=352042776
Looks too good to be original to me but I am no expert.
http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=352042776
Looks too good to be original to me but I am no expert.
Comments
Might have been chemically stripped but doesn't appear to be heavily sanded.
Nice clean bolt face.
Not an expert either.
It is a clean rifle stock, and the chemical cleaning that was suggested seems more likely than a sanding/refinishing.
I have several of these little rifles and this stock looks like a couple of mine so I don't think it has been "bubba'ed" up.....perhaps some kind of oil/wax put on it, but the stock looks good to me.....the giveaway to me is the wood on the forend....if it had been redone, that little piece would shine like the rest....and it doesn't so I think it is good.
This one is full length, do you have the post war cut down carbines? I asked the seller and he was not sure about a re finish he said the stamps in the stock look faint so he guesses it might have been. He does not know the year and I needed that info too. The one I own is dated. Wonder why his is not.