Quote Originally Posted by mmontag View Post
Has anyone else recently restored a sporterized M1903 closer to original military configuration lately?
I did one last year that is now at Chuck's for parkerizing.
I have a thread going for my next one I just started this week - and A3 someone not only sporterized, but then beat it over a tree/table/telephone-pole/head and broke the stock in two.

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Quote Originally Posted by bml View Post
If you want a C-stock, find a Minnelli.
I have fitted two of the Minelli stocks now. The inletting was nice and tight, with wood to work with - it was pretty easy to fit. The outer profile was very fat - the lower band wouldn't slide on even with the screw backed all the way out. Their "stain" is not very deep. a light scuffing will take it off. this was nice because the areas that didn't need worked were easy to take down to raw wood. It was easy, just tedious. What was nice about it was that I had plenty of material...lots really... in the wrist and palm, so I had the chance to customize the palm swell and wrist to my large meat hooks.
I'll be doing another Minelli next week on my new rifle.