Brand new garand, all original and matching but no "P"?

[Murfywat]

Hey all, today I came into possession of quite possibly one of the best Garand's i've had contact with. Basically, after getting it taken apart and inspected by two different -experts- on garands, it has the correct marks and signs to indicate it is all matching to the time period of the receiver, and it all points to being made in very early 1945 by Springfield.

The gas port isn't chromed, all of the internal pins are shiny indicating no non-original parkerization/bluing, and matching barrel dates etc etc, plus the cartouches on the stock are all very clear and all there, the SA NFR box stamp, the crossed cannons stamp (sorry, not sure what that called or what it is) as well as the small version of that on the bottom of the pistol grip. So basically, everything is there, minus one thing. The "P" proof mark is not on the pistol grip. Anyone have any idea as to what this could be/mean? Is it not unheard of for a stamp to not be placed on a stock?

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