Korean (?) ID Tag on Carbine Stock

[Tired Retired]

So this is the point where I don't tell you that it was 53 degrees today and I was enjoying the outside in a short sleeve shirt, right? So glad I didn't rub it in....

Ain't Texas great????

[campperrykid]

Just opened a box of stocks and found a Type III OI Inland stock with the Korean Rack numbers painted on the right rear.
Common enough I know....But this is the first I've run across with a label still stuck to it under the forearm. I've had a few before like this that had the tape residue still left there, but no tag.
In the pictures you can see the bottom of the pistol grip bears the number 254, which can be seen on the column on the right.
Near the oiler you'll see the number 2.5. This can be seen on the tag at the bottom of the right column.
I plan to pull off the tape and see if anything is written on the underside of the label.
Anyone run across this before?

BTW, it's marked OI in the slingwell, 1 partial P stamp on the front of the grip and what looks to be a faint Ordnance Wheel left under the painted on Rack numbers. No Armory Depots stampings.

Charlie-painter777





This last one shows where I've started to pull the tape from the top corner,

Very cool .
Wonder what it means?

[emmagee1917]

...if you buy three , you get free side of kim-chi !

[painter777]

Nothing written on the back of the tag.........

Charlie-painter777

Just had some information passed to me from a member of another forum.

According to his Korean wife......

I had my Korean wife look at this tag. The long rectangle,with three characters in it,is the 'owner's name- Yi Chong Shim,as near as I can understand her saying it. The two characters to the left of '254' mean "Gun Number"... that is,Gun number 254. She had a harder time getting me to understand the other two sets of characters on the tag-I got the impression they are like positions in a rack or something-one set means' left to right',and the other 'top to bottom'-something like that.

Now that's pretty cool !!

Charlie-painter777

[painter777]

Soldier assigned to...... Yi Chong Shim
Gun number .........................254
The other two characters give the left to right position on the rack
and the top to bottom.

Much like RangeMasters new stock....this tag is driving me nuts.
I hope to have one of the Grad students at MSU draw this out on another label for a better description.
Imagine if a guy could locate the soldier it was assigned to.
Interesting to me......
You guys are probably sick of it.

Soon it will see the strip tank.

[Brasidas]

I have one of these Korean stocks that looks almost exactly like yours. Ugly, but sound. I believe it is a type V potbelly.

What kind of wood should I expect to see under the varnish and stain? I know it won't be walnut.

[painter777]

This one is a Overton made walnut stock for Inland. Marked OI in the slingwell.
I can just make out part of the leftside of the CC under the paint.

I have a few Asian stocks also. Wood is thought to be Kapur. I've re-finished a few. Have also robbed 'Path Wood' from them also. When stained the grain colors much like the Birch stocks.

[Brasidas]

Thanks!

Here is a link to the wood, where it describes the attributes. Seems like a strong wood.

Kapur Hardwood - Teak Patio Deck Outdoor Furniture

This is exactly what my Korean stock looks like once I removed the varnish and stain. I'm finishing the sanding with 320 grit and will refinish it next week. I was going to stain it but decided I like the look of BLO after trying a test on the stock.

Hopefully it will make a good range stock and I can retire the type II IBM to the safe.

[campperrykid]

Thanks for the info & link.
I bought a new old stock Carbine wood set around three years ago. The set was advertised as ROK issue and IIRC , either made in the Phillipines , or made from wood imported to the R.O. Korea from the Phillipines.

The wood appears to be the same as the pictures in the link.

[phil441]

Charlie, just curious, but how many stock sets do you figure you have on hand at any given time???

Rest easy...Don't get up to count anything just yet......
Phil