Re-stamped Stocks

Agree the Butt plate has plenty of overhang.

Stock has been messed with, that's a fact.

The stock appears to have a clear resin repair (?) to a missing chunk at the bottom left of the boxed WRA/GHD. Where the dripping run and raw scrape travel down toward the oiler and butt plate.

 

Also on the right side of the oiler slot there is a triangular section that must have pulled up and he's tried resin or glue/putty to secure it back down. Look close at the top of the oiler slot and down about 3/4 of it, you'll see it shaped like a > with the point of the > pointing towards the boxed WRA/GHD. 

That area has been heavily sanded and you can see the touched up color is much darker than the rest of the stock. I think only the areas they tried to repair have been sanded.

Had they sanded the entire stock I'd expect to see far fewer scratches and a better overall appearance on the complete stock.

Maybe he wasn't happy with the way those repairs came out. So seems he tried a colored wood putty to fill a couple other spots on the right.

Both on the lower right side near the trigger housing area... 1st between the escutcheon nut and rear of the trigger housing opening. The 2nd low on the right about even with the mag well opening.

 

More patch filling on the left hand side- Looks to have used the same colored putty on the left side at the forward edge of the tapered sling well cut and deep inside the sling well. The one inside the Sling well might be extra filler for the > shaped patch glued back down on the other side.

 

I compared the stamps with 9 different photo files I have here of my own and about 5-6 files Marcus just shared with me of early Winchesters.

Granted the Ebay pictures are poorly done but I'm confident the Stamps are real. 

Shame it wasn't someone with skills that could have done the repairs correctly.

Who ever did the 'Work' was smart enough to not sand over the stamps.

But the Seller only has 5 gloomy pictures up. So that's $100 a picture X 5 = $500 stock plus shipping.

And I quote part of his description: 

"This is one of the rarest World War II carbine rifle’s the least amount made of all rifles."

VR,

Ch-P777

 

I see that hiddensprings2020 has a Ultra Rare Springfield 'Non Potbelly' Type IV Stock. Long barrel channel with M2 cut. He states that this is the 1st he's seen in his 10 year career with the Thousands of Stocks that have come thru his shop. Note how Razor thin the right wall is.

$350.00 + Shipping and this baby could be yours !

 

His Restoration Service- Even though he say's Thousands,

Lets say Roach had 1 thousand stocks come thru in his 10 years.

That's 100 per year, roughly 2 a week he's sanding the Hell out of, Patching, stripping, putting Epoxy on, staining, for a finish I think he's using Painter in a can- some type of spray clear like Acrylic, prepping and parking the pitted metal and adding multiple stampings (I know he loves his circled P proof stamp).... boxing up and shipping. Owes material, Ebay listing fees and final value fee (which includes shipping cost). Prolly missed a few steps, it's late I'm tired but at $139 or so a stock....... I still say he needs a real job. Even part time at minimum wage would be a big income booster. 1/2 his labor time is spent bending buttplates backward to get them on. 

I'm no fan.

Ch-P777