I received my original No. 5 wood (sort of) from SARCO yesterday. A bit of a mixed bag, as the buttstock and butt plate are NOT original. The stock is one of those recently modified No. 4 jobs and the butt plate and pad are reproductions. The forestock and handguard are original, although there is a 1" crack in the front of the handguard. I'll have to call SARCO to get this sorted out on Monday.

My question is this: How unauthentic would it look to use the dark walnut SARCO front wood with the blonde buttstock that currently resides on my poor, bubba'd No. 5? I wouldn't think that military armorers would be too concerned about color coordinating wood when replacing parts. Still, I haven't seen a glaringly two-tone JC before.
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