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It looks to me like a Griffin & Howe job all the way around. The stock design, the trap butt plate, the fore end tip all shout G&H to me. This is a G&H Springfield of roughly the same vintage which passed through my hands a while back,


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That is a G&H stock. Too bad about the carving. I'd be inclined to follow SKB's advice and cover it with a layer of new wood. Look carefully; the forearm tip should be horn.


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I agree, this is an instance where a wood graft is called for. The rest of the stock is too cool to throw away.

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Originally Posted By: rocky mtn bill
That is a G&H stock. Too bad about the carving. Look carefully; the forearm tip should be horn.


That was what I was hoping to hear. That it was a G&H stock. I have looked closely at the forearm and it might be horn. I'm use to very black solid horn while this has a slight "grain" that does look like ebony but is almost too straight. Will pull the stock off and look.

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Very nice, I have always liked the model 54 with the schnabel forearm, never saw a G&H before. If it was me, I would try to stain the carving so that it does not stand out as much, and leave it alone.

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I'll just add that I too would plane off or cut off the carving, and find a piece of walnut to laminate to the side of that stock to build it back.
I've done this type of repair when someone proudly carved their initials or other crude art into a decent stock, and if done properly the repair is invisible, or close to invisible. Either way, it will look much better, and save a very cool stock and gun.

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I don't think the carving was finished. It would look a lot better if the border of the carving were blended into the stock and some finish added. I would buy that gun.

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