11-022 Garand Picture of the Day

[Snafu]

John C. Garand with some kids.

Could the below be M1 stocks?
Nice piece of walnut



Conversion. Flooring to gunstocks. Stocks for Army rifles. A large walnut slab, known
as a flitch, is marked for the cutting out of sound planes for gunstocks.
Light chalk marks indicate defects. Black marks are the outlines to which selected
sections for "rifle furniture" will be cut. Because of knots, swirls, twisted grain and other faults, only a

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[RCS]

The "kids" are Garand's daughter and son, note the gas trap too

[browningautorifle]

She must still be around. If she only knew what that rifle would be worth today...

[Bob Seijas]

She does, they sold it through Scott Duff a few years ago.

[Snafu]

I was hoping for a little talk on the slab of walnut.
Did SA lay out wood like this?
I was thinking 03,
Maybe its not SA?

[RCS]

Attachment 19487 Here is a very early Winchester no-trap stock which shows a nice piece of selected walnut. Note the blank is sealed at the ends