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I sent him a e-mail this morning. Tried to be tactful:
"I'm going to pass on the rifle. I had some concerns with the stock markings as they are different than any I've seen. I showed the photos to an expert on these rifles and he concluded that the stock is a replacement stock of some sort and not original to the rifle. The markings are inconsistent with any known German examples.
The rifle would be great to a shooter but not so much to a collector and I'm not a shooter.
Thanks for the offer though it is nice seeing these old warhorses."
If I get an "interesting" reply, I'll let you know.
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I did get a reply. He says his "expert" told him they marked the stocks that way when they had the magazine added. But maybe my expert is better than his expert.
