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Was this stock re finished?

Waco WaltzWaco Waltz Member Posts: 10,836 ✭✭
edited July 2013 in Ask the Experts
Seen here,

http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=352042776

Looks too good to be original to me but I am no expert.

Comments

  • charliemeyer007charliemeyer007 Member Posts: 6,572 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pic 24 Appears that someone filled a sling swivel mount.

    Might have been chemically stripped but doesn't appear to be heavily sanded.

    Nice clean bolt face.

    Not an expert either.
  • Riomouse911Riomouse911 Member Posts: 3,492 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It doesn't look sanded, as the metal to wood finish in the pics is pretty even all over...but without a hands-on, a sanded stock isn't always easy to tell from pictures. Neither is the actual finish on the wood; whether it is a period finish or a more modern polymer.

    It is a clean rifle stock, and the chemical cleaning that was suggested seems more likely than a sanding/refinishing.
  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    I have an M95 with similar finish, fwiw. Also the filled in sling swivel slot is correct for a shortened rifle stock.
  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 16,959 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
  • Waco WaltzWaco Waltz Member Posts: 10,836 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by gary wray
    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.
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