Rarest of the rare

The guy has a stamp set at his shop. No doubt it, good case of interstate fraud. Postal Inspectors interested?

Heard from him, he apologized said he bought it that way, he's going to pull the add and cut the stock to prevent it from being used in another forgery. The guy he bought the rifle from is dead so he can't take it back to get a refund.

Put a nice replacement stock on the rifle and you have a "correct rifle" as far as I can see. The NFR stock is a joke, but, really, are we getting that worked over another forged stock on an otherwise pretty decent rifle?

Anyone who has done his research knows that lockbars were not left on NFR rifle and the beech stock is of Euro origins. But the metal and the barrel are more than decent, so replace the wood and enjoy a little history. Granted, it is not a pristine "original" fresh from some undiscovered cases of rifles loaned to the Kingdom of Lower Slobovia in the day following the end of WWII.

I think the difference between this rifle and some of the VERY expensive rifles offered by some is simply that they have deigned their rifle as "original" where some others admit to adding parts to produce a "correct" rifle from a time period. This smacks of an elitism.

This hobby is in danger of becoming much like the restored car market, a haven for the effete who shun all but what fits in their narrow purview.