Originally Posted By: Katie and Jessie
... My SW had a serrated staple across the inside of the stock. Is the pin in the cheeks of the stock a result of the stock splitting at the head?
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The corrugated hardware nail is original. Apparently at one point or another the stockers at Fox used them a lot.

The pin was done later. It was a common approach to prevent splitting. Lefever built some guns with an ivory pin.

Pete