As I thought the above captioned rifle is equipped with a pad. Aug 43 bbl. Assembled and shipped in Oct/Nov 43.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...010_crop-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...011_crop-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...017_crop-1.jpg
All indications lead me to believe the rifle is as issued save the scope and rings which I added.
Regards,
Jim