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As to whether the rifle bring auctioned was stocked by Kennedy, I’ll lesve that question for others.
The rifle you linked is not pictured on page 64 of Kennedy’s book. There are actually three rifles pictured on that page.
One is a .30/06 built for Audie Murphy.
The other two are both .257 Roberts Mausers with maple stocks.
The first .257 Roberts is stocked with birdseye maple, has a recoil pad, no white line spacer at the pistol grip cap or the forend tip, has a more open grip, it has a cut down FN action, and does not have floorplate bottom metal.
The second .257 Roberts is stocked in Oregon burl maple and uses an 98 Karbiner action. However, the stock has a pad, no white line at the pistol grip cap or forend tip, has a recoil pad, has skip line checkering, and a 20” barrel. Is does have a rollover cheek piece, but it is much lower and doesn’t step down at the front like the auction rifle, the pistol grip is more open than the auction rifle, and the the forend is more slender than the auction rifle.
As to the listing stating, “This rifle is nearly identical to the rifle pictured on page 64 of Monty Kennedy’s book “Checkering and Carving of Gunstocks.” I guess it depends on one’s definition of “nearly.”