What would it mean if my stock didn't have arsenal rebuild stamps on it?

[ChipS]

98% of your questions would be immediately answered by Riesch's book.

ABPOS:

Welcome to the Forum. You apparently are very interested in M1 Carbines. Like the man inferred earlier, you NEED to buy 'U.S M1 Carbines, Wartime Production', 7th Edition, by Craig Riesch. You can get it on Amazon for about $20 delivered (recently, I think) and it will be the best $20 you will ever spend on this affliction. There are books considered by the fans to be better and there are books considered to be worse, but I think Riesch is the handiest, easiest and clearest to understand and use, with minimal arguable errors. It may not give you the detail of some more expensive books but you don't have to read it three or four times to figure out what he is saying. Almost every question you have asked is answered by Riesch in language even a novice can understand. Buy it, love it, live it. And start saving up for 'War Baby', LOL. Semper Fi.