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I say it's from a Winchester, if it's all like that photo it's nice. Possible late Winchester follower I see?
It is not a Winchester stock.
barrel channel has the SA machined pattern on the right side, trigger guard recess is SA, only the early WRA RS stocks had the trigger guard recess without the notch in the center
Clearly a S.E. Overton
Rick B
The follower is not Winchester. "13" marked Winchester followers had a different shape and no seriphs on the numbers. The rear sight cover is not WRA either.
The OpRod is also way too early for that late of a Serial Number...
I thought it was a Winchester stock because of the angle here:
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...x5140015-2.jpg
But it's easy to see that the Overton cut is the same as the one in the auction.
I thought Overton's stocks were birch like the one I have(not mine in the picture). Here is Winchester on the left and Overton on the right:
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...vnotches-1.jpg
unfortunately it sold for 3281.99
thanks for your thoughts
Why did it bring that price?
It sold for that price because it was misrepresented and an uneducated individual with more money then sense paid that much for it without doing a check of its authenticity. This is why collecting has become such a pain in the pockets!
This same stock was discussed here and on another forum and it was determined to be an Overton replacement stock.
The buyer has three days to figure out it has been misrepresented (I'll use the kind word that Bill used ...."mispepresented")
I hope he is able to return it.
Dog, the reason I use that word is because the seller was contacted and was told it was not a Winchester stock and all the reasons were pointed out as to why is was not. The seller chose to continue to misrepresent it as something it is not. I am not the only one who contacted the seller with this information.
My bet would be the buyer will have a problem returning it IF he found it to be misrepresented. The key being "IF".
First off that is a stupid price for a stock.
But I can understand the seller, perhaps. He may actually think it is a Win stock. He gets an email from someone saying that it isn't. If I was him I'd immediately go defensive - not because I am trying to misrepresent - but because who knows who the person is on the other end of the email. It could be a buyer or the friend of a buyer trying to get the Win stock for a cheap price by saying it is fake.
The seller is selling the whole gun....not just the stockQuote:
Originally Posted by paul1440
After reading the seller's description and viewing the pictures, I fully believe the seller knows what he has...or in this case what he does not have. Keep in mind that ALL sellers of fake stuff think their stuff is real....just ask them!
Ah I didn't know it was an entire rifle. $3000 still sounds high to me.
It gets worse....actually $3,282.
Boy, do I feel stupid for not jumping on a far nicer Win-13 for $1500 about five years ago...
Paul, the seller was not just told his stock was not a Winchester. He was told how and where to find the information to identify the stock on this rifle.