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Car Wash Chris 
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 Posted: Mar 29 2016 at 12:30pm |
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Well I thought the butt plate was late Winchester but now leaning toward a NPM and could still be wrong. LOL Anyhow the letters WRA IMO have been added.
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Posted: Mar 29 2016 at 12:37pm |
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Marlin Made Stocks for Underwood with the M-U marking. According to War baby who sites the Rifle in America by p. Sharpe Marlin also produced carbine triggers and hammers.
With that it does not say M1 carbine. |
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RONKIRK
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Posted: Mar 29 2016 at 12:48pm |
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THE ONLY WAY I GOT THE W.R.A. TO SHOW WAS TO TAKE THE PIC. THRU A MAGNIFING GLASS. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN A GREAT HELP. I HAVE HAD THIS STOCK FOR OVER 20 YEARS & ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT IT...THANKS RON
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RONKIRK
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Posted: Mar 29 2016 at 12:51pm |
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FORGOT TO MENTION THAT I KNEW & HAVE A FEW M-U HAND GUARDS BUT DIDN'T KNOW MARLIN MADE STOCKS..RON
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Posted: Mar 29 2016 at 1:55pm |
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I would think you would get a better picture if you let the camera do the work without a magnifying lens to confuse it.
What the eye sees and the camera sees can vary wildly. Once you upload a picture and enlarge it you get to see what the picture really looks like.
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wmmwraghd
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Posted: Mar 29 2016 at 7:02pm |
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Really think the WRA is homework on someones part.
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Rcycles45
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Posted: Mar 29 2016 at 7:30pm |
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What do you guys think about this potbelly ... Winchester ?
http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/rcycles45/library/m2%20winchester |
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Car Wash Chris
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Posted: Mar 30 2016 at 4:38pm |
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Scott, Long or short channel ? That's the first pot belly I have seen with a W in the sling well. HUUUUMMMM ?
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Rcycles45
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Posted: Mar 30 2016 at 7:05pm |
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Chris it has a long channel I added some pics of the channel . I've heard People say that Winchester didn't make an M2 Potbelly stock . Don't Know what to make of this one , sure looks like a Winchester W to me . ?? Who Knows ???
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Posted: Mar 30 2016 at 8:27pm |
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Winchester made M2 stocks. They were long channel with the typical WRA flat bottom profile. Also: the rear inletting detail was slightly different than non M2 WRA stocks. There has been some discussion whether or nor not Winchester used some M2 stocks on non m2 production. I believe they did. Winchester used m2 trigger housings and slides in m1 production. I have owned a 7.2 and a 6.5 with original m2 stocks. IMHO and based on my observations. Still have never seen what I believe is an original pot belly M2 WRA stock.
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Posted: Mar 30 2016 at 8:57pm |
I sure wish I knew more, I just gave a good friend one I had that was similar to your's. Flat bottom, pot belly, long channel, but mine had a flaming bomb in the sling well with a ordnance wheel the right side of stock, I posted 30 pictures on the Mil Surplus site and no one knew what it was  My Marlin has both a M and a flaming bomb but is a short channel pot belly. Don't know what to tell you on your's, except it looks like it would make a nice M2 stock for someone. |
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Posted: Mar 31 2016 at 8:18am |
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Here is a CMP auction listing, where they describe the stock as being a pot belly W marked stock. They don't say Winchester ??
http://cmpauction.thecmp.org/detail.asp?id=3418 |
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Posted: Mar 31 2016 at 9:40am |
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I have seen CMP auctions where whomever lists it either has bad information or repeats the marking in the adjoining piece. The example here states <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">W potbelly stock, with a W 2 rivet handguard. What is nice is they have large pictures you can download by right clicking. I do not see a W anywhere in sling well. It does appear to be a slight pot belly with no cut out. I have heard there are 3 types of pot belly stocks in relation to the belly. What is interesting is the CC. Does anyone know who's it is?
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Posted: Apr 02 2016 at 1:23am |
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Lack of trunion. Bottom of cannons.
I am guessing not Winchester |
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Posted: Apr 04 2016 at 11:47am |
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Just looked at auction pictures again. Without a W in my mind. I see S HB at bottom of slingwell. What say you? I have also seen those stocks narrow at TH making them appear to be a slight pot belly. That cartouche would be more consistent a SP CC |
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Car Wash Chris
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Posted: Apr 04 2016 at 3:01pm |
Makes sense ! Look again it has a SP marked butt plate. S-S3 |
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Posted: Apr 04 2016 at 4:17pm |
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It does appear to have a S-HB in the slingwell. Whatever it is, it's not a Winchester. The angle of the slingwell cut is all wrong.
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