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Brothers in Arms: I picked this stock up today on ebay for the princely sum of $66.99 I found some of the work above average and some; the sheet aluminum grip cap for instance not! I believe it [aluminum gripcap] was a replacement for a nice one [a gripcap] as well as a nice buttplate at one time. Thought I would toss it to the wolves for opinions...what say you?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190376525072&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Looks like a modified military stock to me. Adding pistol grips was once common. It has more work put into it than many converted stocks I've seen.

Bruce

That looks like a military c stock they had a pistol grip.
Tom

can't see pic !!!
how do you use link???

I have a c stock that someone started to modify by
thinning pistol grip and changing nose flutes
and maybe shorten forearm otherwise I believe still mostly original ... I could be way wrong
came out of pile of stuff in old gunshop shop 25+ years ago the way it is today

would post pic if it would help

Link, Click on it!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190376525072

It looks almost a lil too full in the pistol grip area to me to be a C-stock, but maybe it's just the picture. Back in the day when O3A3's were $19.99 Fajen made inletted semi finished sporter stocks by the thousands. Perhaps it's one of those?

Come on you guys, don't display your ignorance about the grand old 1903. A C stock would have two crossbolts. I see no evidence of them in the phots.

As long as we are guessing I would guess that it was a 1922 stock for a 22 rifle. Don't think that C stocks had the finger grooves on the fore end.

James you may have spotted it. That very neat cut for a Lyman 48 looks like a 1922 all right.