M1 Carbine Stock- Longitudinal Lamination??

[Aunt Bee]

This is a PJ wartime replacement stock. It appears to be laminated along its LENGTH. The "lamination" can also be seen at the bottom of the pistol grip and for about one inch under the butt. One carbine expert says "no" but several wood workers say "yes" What say you ?? Perhaps PJ really ran short of good walnut !

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[shadycon]

Hard to tell from pics?

[INLAND44]

It's not a lamination, like plywood. If it exists, it's where two pieces of wood were glued together to make a stock blank. I can imagine this was allowed when walnut got scarce and this procedure made use of what would previously have been scrap.

[Aunt Bee]

Yes, I meant a 2 piece lamination- not like a late war German k98 . The line is easy to see also on the BOTTOM of the pistol grip (not the front where hands have "polished" it away) & can also be seen part of the way up the bottom of the butt.

[Bruce McAskill]

I'm pretty sure it's a birch stock. Birch does not stain well and does not absorb oil well too. Oil causes the long dark streaks in the Birch which makes it look like a laminate. Birch is a funny wood as to what it will take into the grain and where it absorbs stain or oil. As far as I can tell the only ones making laminate stocks for testing with rifle grenades was Springfield Armory.

[Aunt Bee]

I have numerous birch & walnut carbine stocks plus one South Korean soft wood stock. Also have a Finn M39 tiger stripe Birch ! I'm sure this one is walnut. I read that the few carbine stocks that were laminated for grenades, etc were NOT done longitudinally.

[jimb16]

At one point during the war, there was a shortage of walnut so blanks were put together from larger pieces. Many pieces of stock material that had flaws like large knots were also used after the bad area was milled out and a new piece of wood was glued in. The shortage never got bad, but for a short while some carbine stocks were "pieced together". They are actually fairly scarce.

[DaveHH]

About 2/3 down on the buttstock there is a glued joint. All the Japanese stocks had it.

[Aunt Bee]

I am familiar with the Arisaka and a lot of the Finnish M 39's had the buttstock repair--This is nothing like that type of repair but thank you for the come back !!