How many saw this stock on Ebay? I believe it was pretty special and was the runner-up bidder. The winning bidder must have felt the same.

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Fantastic stock, I was watching it. Always makes you wonder how high the winning bidder was willing to go, perhaps we'll find out. Having never had a stock repaired, I was wondering if it could be repaired well enough to be a shooter. Guessing it's going to be a safe queen.

I was following that too, I thought it was pretty special too, any idea how much it would cost to have that fixed up?

Very nice stock, beautiful wood and a wonderful lines. I have built rifles around an orphaned stock in the past. I try to avoid that type of work these days. More difficult than it looks to get everything correct, especially with missing metal work.

Can't seem to find it using that number, have a link?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pre-War-Griffin-amp-Howe-M1903-Sporting-Rifle-Checkered-Walnut-Stock-Repaired-/312066975012?nma=true&si=JwzZnMDJIMBiJvsRSdHBRqmd2MQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557


not sure why that did not post as a link. You can also google the auction number.

I give up. I can't find it with the item number or the description

highlight the first line in my post above, right click and select open link in a new tab.

Tried right clicking, but don't get an "open link" option. Also tried finding with the auction number, but no luck.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pre-War-Griffin...d-/312066975012

Here is a photo of the stock, probably the most difficult thing would be the buttplate as the spur is different than the usual one, also would be hard to find the correct Lyman 48 as it was the early type with the long slide. I saved all the auction photos and will post them if wanted, whoever made this stock was a pro and talented.

Somebody spent a lot of quality time building a great looking 2 piece stock for an 03. Too bad. Could have started with a blank with better grain flow through the wrist and it might still be a one piece stock today.

Whoda thunk it... I had no idea there was such a market for used and broken stocks???
It looks a bit like a simplified version of Adolph carving BUT I'M IN NO WAY IMPLYING THAT IT WAS CARVED BY FRED ADOLPH.
Whomever made the stock was a skilled craftsman, for sure. I'd be proud to say I did that work today!

The little tear drops on the forend checkering should be a clue. Inletting looks like it could be Wundhammer, but that is just speculation. With any luck whoever has it will let us see it when they get it rebuilt.

John

I see those "little tear drops" as scrolls without the incised line like on the grip scrolls. The comb nose fluting looks like much later G&H.

Ok, I will offer a guess as to who made it, August Pachmayr.
It is just a guess.

There are a few details that made me think of him as well, but the stock styling just does not fit his. I'd like to see the inletting on the right side of the receiver ring.

Steve, I thought about calling the little teardrop things dingle berries

I suspect the new owner is out there reading this thread and getting a kick out of it.

John

Considering the quality of the workmanship, the quality of the wood and its remaining condition this feels to me like a bargain at the price it sold for. It appears the action tang was contoured. Who else reshaped tangs when building rifles on the Springfields?

Not hard to remember Petrov's creation of a rifle starting only from the Wundhammer stock that he found. It too had a serious stock flaw that was repaired by a very gifted gunmaker. This rifle I believe sold at auction for something over $3,500 and was beautiful.

If I owned the stock my face would hurt from smiling so much.