I Cut early Inland Cartouch.

[Mikey51]

Can you please tell me why it is not ?. Your opinion does not appear to agree with many other collectors I communicate with ?. Thanks, Mike.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Can you please tell me why it is not ?. Your opinion does not appear to agree with many other collectors I communicate with ?. Thanks, Mike.

Mikey,

Are you talking about the 'low-wood' term?

It looks to me as if it's a high-wood that's been arsenal modified to 'low-wood' configuration.
(Unless, I' am misunderstanding completely, which never happens to me!)

[Wulf]

That top one looks as though it was damaged and then filed or sanded. That is not a clean looking high wood cut. Mikey51, yours was modified and cut down to low wood. An I cut stock was always originally a high wood.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

It was only for a quick comparison of the difference of the two designs, Wulf. (It's only a file photo)

Yes, they often had to repair/sand high-wood stocks that became damaged. That's why later stock designs were changed to 'low-wood' and many original 'high-woods' were also modified to the 'low-wood' design. (They weren't very considerate for future collectors!)

[Tired Retired]

... and many original 'high-woods' were also modified to the 'low-wood' design. (They weren't very considerate for future collectors!)

Geez, Harlan, that wasn't very nice of them, was it... you would think by the way they acted there was a war on or something...

[Jet Fixer]

Can you please tell me why it is not ?. Your opinion does not appear to agree with many other collectors I communicate with ?. Thanks, Mike.

As stated by some of the others..."I" cut stocks were always originally high wood stocks. Sometime during the life of this stock, though, it was modified to the low wood configuration. You can see the difference in the picture posted above. It's still a nice stock.

[Mikey51]

I apologise to one and all for the confusion that I think I have created ! The pic I think folks are forming an opinion on, was intended by me, to illustrate the two rivets, not the hi - wood, and I had the handguard in the wrong position ! I have taken a new pic tonight with the handguard in the right position. The other pics are of other Hi Woods I have. Sorry, my fault. Mike.