I have looked at your pictures a number of times I am convinced, as someone has already said, that the butt stock has been drafted to a small part of the original stock. I do not believe that this is in any way a sleeve and if you try to remove it, you’ll destroy it. I hope you didn’t have to pay a lot of money. If the gun comes up nice and fits you, I would shoot it as is and leave it alone. As Ted will readily tell you, restocking a darne is a job for a skilled stock man and quite expensive.
Truth, brother.
Buttstock grafts were all the rage back ‘aboot 2005 or so, people grafting pretty wood onto the stub of the old buttstock. Artisans were collecting fat commissions and telling the world this was a great option for that tired old stock that didn’t fit.
I’d guess the cost eventually got to be close enough to a restock that the guys just ponied up for the whole job.
If the stock fits you, yea, maybe just shoot it, if you can keep your lunch down while doing that. It looks a bit like a gorillas leg grafted onto a super model.
Good luck.
Best,
Ted
