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camo M1 Stock, what's underneath?
2/4/2012 2:38:27 PM
Just bought a stock for an M1. Maybe the camo paint is because it was on a sniper rifle?
2/4/2012 6:31:46 PM
this is turning into an all day job.
The shape of the pistol grip is one give away....
The shape of the pistol grip is one give away....
2/4/2012 7:07:10 PM
Originally Posted By bigbore:
this is turning into an all day job.
http://www.adcofirearms.com/junkpics/strippingcamo.jpg
The shape of the pistol grip is one give away....
this is turning into an all day job.
http://www.adcofirearms.com/junkpics/strippingcamo.jpg
The shape of the pistol grip is one give away....
That area right below the heel of the receiver will have a stamp if the stock is worth anything. I hope you checked for stock fitment before you decided to go through and strip the stock, you may do all of that work for nothing.
And no, USGI M1C and D models did not have camo'd stocks.
2/4/2012 7:27:19 PM
Originally Posted By Angry-American:
Originally Posted By bigbore:
this is turning into an all day job.
http://www.adcofirearms.com/junkpics/strippingcamo.jpg
The shape of the pistol grip is one give away....
this is turning into an all day job.
http://www.adcofirearms.com/junkpics/strippingcamo.jpg
The shape of the pistol grip is one give away....
That area right below the heel of the receiver will have a stamp if the stock is worth anything. I hope you checked for stock fitment before you decided to go through and strip the stock, you may do all of that work for nothing.
And no, USGI M1C and D models did not have camo'd stocks.
The paint in the inside is as thick as the outside, so as is it doesnt fit at all. It looks like a square on the left side of the stock, but it needs more work. I was more concerned with the 2" indent along the top of the stock, to the right of the receiver heel.
2/5/2012 8:58:22 AM
It cleaned up much better than expected.
2/5/2012 9:30:25 AM
Originally Posted By bigbore:
It cleaned up much better than expected.
http://www.adcofirearms.com/junkpics/cleanstock.jpg
It cleaned up much better than expected.
http://www.adcofirearms.com/junkpics/cleanstock.jpg
The DOD acceptance stamp:
The "P" cartouche on the pistol grip.
That might be an HRA stock; dunno 100%. WHen I bought my Garand from the CMP years back, the stock had faint cartouches on it, but still readable - one was the SA/EMcF (for BG Earl McFarland - commander of the Springfield Armory in 1943 before he retired that same year) cartouche with the Ordnance Estucheon and the "P" on the stock, which suprisingly matched the receiver numbers (1.4M)
