my M1 carbine, USMC marked with no provenance

[Bill Hollinger]

Back in the 1980's there was a guy named Warren Dorrill, a retired Marine from Oklahoma, who specialized in fake USMC weapons. He had a set of beautiful stamps and usually placed a complete bogus history on the wood, stuff like a fake NM M1 icon with USMC SHOOTING TEAM on it, a M97 shotgun with FLEET MARINE POLICE HILO HAWAII, etc., etc. They are so outrageously fake that Texas collectors have coined the term WARDOR for them. They continue to surface like zombies as those who got hooked try to pass them on to unsuspecting rookies. Warren Dorrill has since passed away but his creations continue to surface from time to time.