unknown stock

Pistollero1050

June 04, 2012 15:31

Got this stock but don't know what its for. Could it be to sporterize a lee enfield? It looks to be left handed. Whats it worth? [img][http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy177/pistollero1050/Roscoesstock001.jpg/img][/img]

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  SoreShoulder

  June 04, 2012 15:45

  Lee Enfields have a separate buttstock and forend. That buttplate looks American. Maybe it's from an M1903.

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  Hawk Carse

  June 04, 2012 15:50

  From a 1903 Springfield overhauled or at least reinspected at Ogden Arsenal (OG stamp). I can't read the markings under the cutoff notch than might say more about its history. But it IS a 1903.

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  nmyers

  June 04, 2012 17:25

  Yes, refinished original stock for a M1903, indicated by cartouche on left side & inspector stamps on the bottom. It is a straight stock (as opposed to scant or C stock). But, we need to see a close up of the right side opposite the mag cutoff, as there may be a mark where the bolt handle hit the stock.
  
  Neal

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  Herschel

  June 04, 2012 18:36

  It appears to be a stock for a Remington 1903A3. I say this because of the stamped buttplate, the remnants of the numerous
  Remington inspector stamps just in front of the magazine well, the R stamped in the barrel band retaining spring and lack of grasping grooves in the fore end. It could be a WWII replacement stock for either a 1903 or 1903A3 but the buttplate says 03A3. A photo from above looking down at the area just in front of the magazine well would tell us for sure.

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  Pistollero1050

  June 05, 2012 05:48

  Thanx guys, I will try to get those aditional pictures later today, I would never have guessed it to be a 1903A3.

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  Pistollero1050

  June 05, 2012 17:11

  Here's the pic's you guys needed.

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  Geri

  June 07, 2012 05:02

  1903

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  givette

  June 07, 2012 05:49

  Yeh. Remington M1903. The stock dates from very late '41
  through the third quarter of '42. The switch to
  Remington 03-A3's had the semi pistol-grip stock. Of
  the Remingtons, only the M1903's had the straight stock.
  
  And that 'left handed look' to the stock is due to the
  cutout on the left side, which is for the magazine cutoff,
  not a relief cutout for a bolt. Best, Joe

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