Irwin-Pedersen

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   I posted this on another forum earlier, but thought I would share it here also.

Never thought I would own of of these but a very good collector friend found it in December and generously offered it to me.

The wood was very dry and dark and there was a thin powder of rust on most of the metal. Some areas (mag catch and butt plate) had significant rust. Three coats of RLO and the stock is almost black in the sun light. That was accompanied by several treatments of repetitive soaking metal in CLP and taking off rust with a toothbrush and tooth picks.

I believe this is an original, unmolested gun. Unmarked parts are the butt plate, extractor, and mag release. According to CC NL #374, these unmarked parts were noted on other IPs. The "SP" marked sear is probably by Stechertraung Lithograph Co. See related post at 

http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/forum/sear-id_topic1110.html

The rusted butt plate was ID'd here at

http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/forum/butt-plate-id_topic1310_post5407.html?KW=#5407

There is no number on the left side of the front sight. CC NLs say most IPs had the number, indicating not all did.  The only other stock I have that is even close to being as dark as this one is also an IR-IP stock.

Here are the pictures. The first 17 are "before" shots.

http://s1107.photobucket.com/user/rocker1951/slideshow/Irwin%20Pederson

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hunterman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List On Point Joined: Jan 01 2016 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 307	Post Options Post Reply Quote hunterman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Irwin-Pedersen Posted: May 08 2016 at 3:31pm
	I posted this on another forum earlier, but thought I would share it here also. Never thought I would own of of these but a very good collector friend found it in December and generously offered it to me. The wood was very dry and dark and there was a thin powder of rust on most of the metal. Some areas (mag catch and butt plate) had significant rust. Three coats of RLO and the stock is almost black in the sun light. That was accompanied by several treatments of repetitive soaking metal in CLP and taking off rust with a toothbrush and tooth picks. I believe this is an original, unmolested gun. Unmarked parts are the butt plate, extractor, and mag release. According to CC NL #374, these unmarked parts were noted on other IPs. The "SP" marked sear is probably by Stechertraung Lithograph Co. See related post at http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/forum/sear-id_topic1110.html The rusted butt plate was ID'd here at http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/forum/butt-plate-id_topic1310_post5407.html?KW=#5407 There is no number on the left side of the front sight. CC NLs say most IPs had the number, indicating not all did. The only other stock I have that is even close to being as dark as this one is also an IR-IP stock. Here are the pictures. The first 17 are "before" shots. http://s1107.photobucket.com/user/rocker1951/slideshow/Irwin%20Pederson

Scott C. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List On Point Joined: Jan 01 2016 Location: Waynetown IN Status: Offline Points: 161	Post Options Post Reply Quote Scott C. Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 08 2016 at 9:25pm
	Great score you have there!!! I like that look!!!

Car Wash Chris Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grunt Joined: Dec 27 2015 Location: Dayton,Ohio Status: Offline Points: 161	Post Options Post Reply Quote Car Wash Chris Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 09 2016 at 4:44pm
	It's so rare to see them like that, like Scott said great score ! Thanks so much for all the pictures. Best

m1a1fan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Hard Corps Got Para? Joined: Jan 01 2016 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 1736	Post Options Post Reply Quote m1a1fan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 09 2016 at 9:06pm
	Very few examples of that SP sear that I know of. Three or four maybe. The two I know of are about 6k apart and one of them is this IP's. Sample size too small but both are original....which is nice. I've seen another IP not far from yours and it didn't have an SP sear.