Restoring Butt Ugly M1 Carbine Stocks to Service
In my Ugly Duckling posts last year part of the Swan transformation was the work with the stocks. In the case of KiloBravo's Winchester I put together a Shooting set from aftermarket Mahogany I purchased and set aside a collector set of Winchester wood.
My Inland had a stock that had suffered Bubba's sander. I repaired this stock as a shooter for the weapon and I also have a collector set set aside.
I enjoyed this work so I decided to take up rescuing stocks and hand guards from becoming firewood. I'm bringing them back to attractive plug-n-play shooters and in a some cases even collector value items.
My first project was a pair I picked up on eBay.
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Neither of these stocks had been strangers to Bubba's sandpaper. The Potbelly was obviously a Birch Type 5 replacement stock but I had no idea what the other stock was until I cleaned all the crusted varnish of of it.
It turned out to be a Inland "OI" without any other marks. It had been through a professional rebuild previously judging from the repairs. I repaired the current issues and refinished the stock in a satin finish Tung Oil.
The Potbelly appears to be solid except for the sanding around the butt plate and on a scratch on the right front side. The only issue is the "DI" recoil plate has a blotchy finish and I was unable to remove it. Thought better to just leave it in place and not try to force it off.
I added matching hand guards, Potbelly has aftermarket and Inland "OI" hand guard. Metal was also added so they are Plug-n-Play. The Inland has all Inland components.
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Since these two I have finished four other stock sets. These include a Underwood, Quality Hardware, Inland and Type 5 Kapur replacement stock. I have a Inland, Standard Products, Springfield Arsenal type 5 and three Winchesters in the pipeline. I'm hooked.
