Inglis Hi Power shoulder stock. Real, or memorex?

[Hal O'Peridol]

Picked up an Inglis style shoulder stock for the Hi-power today.

Believe it to be original, but has no markings on it.

Nice walnut wood, perfect inletting for the metal bits, and expertly done inlet wood reinforcements along the edge of the stock where the button and hinge are.

Did these ever get produced without the "typical" cartouches?

I've seen Chinese copies of Broomhandle stocks before, but this is head and shoulders above one of them in quality.

What pictures would be the best to post for ID?

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[browningautorifle]

Pics left, right, hardware, any markings, the butt cap open and closed and the side hardware for hanger. I think you will find the butts made by Canada were marked with C broad arrow without exception. The hardware may be marked JI also. Yes the copies are out there and they are fabulous in some cases. Just not worth what the originals are.

[Hal O'Peridol]

Too late to get good pics tonight. Will get some in good filtered sunlight tomorrow.

Even if it is a reproduction, it is a really nicely done one, and I didn't get hurt for 65 dollars.

[Hal O'Peridol]

Here are the pics.

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[Brian Dick]

Looks like a real one with all the markings sanded out or maybe a lunchbox special that never got marked?

[browningautorifle]

They didn't do that. That hasn't been sanded either. The Canadian butts weren't an issue item so they remained in stores until the most of them were burned for firewood. The vast majority didn't even leave the factory. Just stayed in the back. The copies today are spot on. This one would give no shame to ownership. If a man had the stamps and the source for these, he could make a fortune.

[Hal O'Peridol]

So, who is making these up? All of the reproductions I have seen have been stamped, one of the things that threw me off on this one.

I live just south of Vancouver BC, perhaps someone there could check this one out in person.

[browningautorifle]

John R lives in Vancouver. He's around here somewhere. Maybe PM him and link up. He will probably know where this one came from also.

[Hal O'Peridol]

That's one of the folks I was thinking about, Cliff is another.

Got a question about the Inglis Hi-powers and stocks. IIRC, very few Canadian bound Hi-powers were ever milled for the shoulder stock. Why were they being made at all in 1945?

Most of the slotted Hi-powers (Inglis) I saw were Chinese contract.

[browningautorifle]

I've seen several in service myself. Less than a dozen though. Once in Gagetown an NCO brought one to me and asked what this was all about and he had one slotted but with the new slide and no tangent. I remember one in the Canadian Scottish regiment that had the slot filled in with weld. Same question there. No tangent sight. Others on another gun forum have also mentioned seeing them around. This is just four or five years ago!