Fresh RMC Stamp

Currently being offered on the e-bay as a freshly Repaired restored stock having a 'Early Rockola cartouche re-stamping'. Not that it needs to be said it's a Reproduction stamp, but I give the seller credit for sharing it. Looking through past feedback, he's got to have a small fortune invested in his Repro stock stamps. One stock had a Ghostly QHMC CC and RMC in the slingwell.... but they went ahead and stamped a RMC/CC on it.

This one was sold a few weeks ago with positive feedback left by the buyer, but......... it's back.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...0/sl1600-1.jpg

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Originally Posted by painter777

One stock had a Ghostly QHMC CC and RMC in the slingwell.... but they went ahead and stamped a RMC/CC on it.

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It's too bad about these stamp sets. That's why I chose to bail out on collecting such delicious delicacies, a couple decades away they may all be in question as many won't be able to tell the difference.

Too nice a cartouche compaired to the condition of the stock is a huge give a way.

yep, if he was going to re-stamp the stock he should have made it more believable by lightly stamping it. Looks like he branded it!!

Wasn't able to find the one pictured above, but I did run across one that had an early Winch stamp and a PU in the slingwell.

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Originally Posted by m1a1fan

Wasn't able to find the one pictured above

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Here is the completed auction... sold on Oct 12, for $271.00-
WW2 M1 Carbine Stock Handguard Rock-ola | eBay

And here ....
"Custom Reproduction early highwood M1 Carbine Winchester walnut stock... This stock was manufactured by one of the post war commercial guys...Then customized to look like a old Winchester."
M1 Carbine Stock Handguard WINCHESTER | eBay

Thanks for the link.

200+ for a stock that is stated as not original seems crazy to me, but what do I know other than the stamp looks nowhere near like a real one....thank goodness.

My mistake, thought the stock I mentioned was Winch marked and PU in sling well but it is in fact UEF/GHD (the second link...same seller). Not very often a seller states the stock has been restamped even though it is obvious. Looks like an ordnance bomb to the rear of the recoil plate.

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Originally Posted by m1a1fan

the stamp looks nowhere near like a real one

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Wish he had a REPRODUCTION STAMP he could/should pound in to the Op slide channel.

Years from now, placed in the mix on a dark gun show table, someone who seems to have heard these things were/are rare and valuable will grab it. Heading home with it with the sun shinning and radio cranked up......... and sh!t eating grin thinking he's on top of the moon.... until that ole gruff 80 year old neighbor he shows it to lets him know it's one of those FAKED CUSTOMIZED stocks from way back in 2017.
Man....... I hope I make it to 80!

Had a conversation about this very subject not long ago with an old timer. His comment to me was, "How does one differentiate between a 35 and 70 year old stamp if one has aged artificially and the other naturally?"

An MRI? Scanning electron microscope?

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Originally Posted by m1a1fan

"How does one differentiate between a 35 and 70 year old stamp if one has aged artificially and the other naturally?"

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Experience and education. The new stamps simply aren't the same. They aren't correct...we have entire threads here on that.

This is how an original stamp should look. This is from my collection. I do not know how the damage occurred.

Best Regards.....Frank:cheers:

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Originally Posted by frankderrico

I do not know how the damage occurred.

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Looks like shrapnel to me...

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Originally Posted by frankderrico

I do not know how the damage occurred.

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FrankieD,
Have a metal detector?
I had a NPM stock with the under forearm destroyed and also wondered how?
Son mentioned my detector to me, after knocking the barrel band spring out, we had 'Hits' on the damaged/splintered area. After some digging around we found some small distorted metal frags. Never thought to get pictures. Stock became a wood patch donor stock.
Your damage looks very similar.

Cheers,
Charlie-Painter777

Jim and Charlie, I always thought it might be shrapnel. It had to be high velocity to make that hole. It just does not look like it could be from dropping or bouncing around. I'll have to try the metal detector on it and see what it finds.

Best Regards.....Frank

Thinking back, we also found a few pieces of small frags in the side of the hand guard also. IIRC looked to be like steel splatter, like from welding or torch cutting.
Am 100% positive it had suffered from an unfriendly, be it man or mine... etc. But the inexspensive detector picked it right up

Could also have been a bullet ricochet, travelling sideways at that point...and yes, they hustle along...

Makes me wonder what happened to the guy carrying it.