Is this a Long Branch forestock?

[BurtonP]

Just took possession of a new Long Branch sporter to fix, and on disassembly I noticed that the forestock was a bit different. The relief cuts in the inside of the stock were not squared off, they were sloped. I've never seen this before, and wondered if it was a Long Branch technique. The stock also has an A3Q stamp and some lovely woodwork to fix the draws, with a W stamp nearby. The rifle was FTRd in 1949, so it is possible that it is not original to the rifle. What do the experts think?

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