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So I picked up a striped birch stock for dress and it has some markings I`m familiar with. So it has SA on the inside of the forestock a W under the buttplate and a Star FAT 66 on the side of the stock. it also appears to have a cast receiver block no letters just cast marks. any help or information would be great. Thank you.
So having trouble getting these in a photo not a PDF but will keep trying. Hope someone can fill me in.
To fix my post the markings I am NOT familiar with.
Cast Recoil plate is post WWII, same as the SA Springfield Armory Stock. Star/year/ Italian use.
The W under the butt plate is probably just the milling station or shift marking. It's not a makers mark.
Thank you Painter777. I had found out about the stamp but was confused about the SA and W. Am I committing a "SIN" by working that FAT stamp off and making it Purdy? I would be very diligent about preserving any US stampings but I just don`t have the same feelings for a used Italian Stock nothing wrong with our friends in Italy of course. I just like to have very nice dress stocks for my rifles when I can find one.
If the stamp is not too deep and the wood fibers have not been broken, then you can use an old steam iron on it. A damp cloth over the stamp and then hit it with steam forcing the wood back to the surface.
Thank you Bruce. Yeah I have steamed out the rest of the dings but was waiting to hear more about the FAT stamp. I think I might be able to get about half of it out with good steam and the rest with a little elbow grease and sweat. I think it will be an outstanding stock when finished but I need a matching handguard have a request in the classifieds but no luck so far. Here are pictures of my M1A1 Dress stock before and after.
Very nice piece of equipment...very pretty.
Treeline M14 has some real gems available hidden under years of grease. Freds used to be my favorite Now Treeline has Jack`s Stock Of Stocks.
How did we get from an M1 carbine stock to a pretty M14 stock???????