Hi guys,
I recently purchased a SLE SxS with a little fiddle back or tiger stripe figure on the butt stock. The gun is in pretty good shape with only a little wear on the bluing of the trigger guard and some off the case colors near the hinge pin. The checkering looks impeccable and has fresh wood exposed. The finish on the stock has what looks to be normal minimal hunting and handling wear.
My question is that the surface of the butt stock looks and feels slightly wavy (slight up and down). That is to say, it is higher over the fiddle back portion (darker) and lower over the clearer portion of the butt stock. I have never seen this on a stock and am wondering if this is normal with this kind of fiddle back, if it came from the factory this way, or if someone refinished the stock and did not use a sanding block.
Your thoughts?
Thanks in advance,
David
