Original stock color of early M1s?

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This stock was from a very reputable seller, at least in my experience and in the recommendation of other reliable people on this forum. They were gracious enough to exchange the first one and cover shipping...and the second one as long I paid shipping, and refund the third with a 15% restock fee and I paid shipping. I overpaid by several hundred dollars compared to the stained NOS keystone scants on Numrich, which is why I kept trying to work with them - that and I was supposed to get a very very very minty stock and matching handguard. I could tell the wood had "aged" in storage, and they disclosed they had sourced them from US surplus stores. They refused to accept my suggestion of end of war factory seconds dumped in the warehouse, and insisted they had sold many before me and I was the first to have problems. I took pictures that couldn't be disputed.
I suppose we shouldn't rule out that they could have been swindled too. I posted pics in my last 1903a4, which alas were lost in the great blackout of 2021. But, I suppose I already disclosed in that thread that the vender was Northridge.
They did right trying to work with me over the course of a month - so I'm not trying to dissuade anyone from doing business with them. If the stocks were milled properly, it would have been worth the price. I think it's highly likely that a factory dumped all it's "finished" stores on the gov. to meet final quota at war's end.