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Korean return stocks
Since it made it above freezing a tad here Saturday, I drove out to 3 semi local gun stores.
One had a box marked from Korea with carbine stock sets, all metal and HG. I dug thru the whole box seeing mostly WWII replacement, Asian, and what looked to be Kapur stocks. Hand guards were all US. Stocks had heavy cracking, metal rusted and pitted. All so grimey you couldn't see any markings. Did see that all were late potbelly styles with the long barrel channels. Price was $29.95 for a set. They didn't care if you swapped Hg's. Location was Total firearms, Holt.. MI.
Made me wonder about possible returns from Korea... 
If the stocks are any indication..... I may have to set this one out.
Cheers,
Charlie-Painter777
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Originally Posted by
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Since it made it above freezing a tad here Saturday, I drove out to 3 semi local gun stores.
One had a box marked from Korea with carbine stock sets, all metal and HG. I dug thru the whole box seeing mostly WWII replacement, Asian, and what looked to be Kapur stocks. Hand guards were all US. Stocks had heavy cracking, metal rusted and pitted. All so grimey you couldn't see any markings. Did see that all were late potbelly styles with the long barrel channels. Price was $29.95 for a set. They didn't care if you swapped Hg's. Location was Total firearms, Holt.. MI.
Made me wonder about possible returns from Korea...
If the stocks are any indication..... I may have to set this one out.
Cheers,
Charlie-Painter777
Charlie:
I recently purchased a type 5 stock and have refinished it to sell as a shooter set. It has what appears to be a Standard Products Crossed Canon Stamp of unknown origin on the right side of the butt and a circled P on the base of the grip. It also has traces of some sort of stamp on the left in front of the sling well. I thought it might have been a FAT cartouche. Bubba made some confusing alterations.
Can you tell if this might be a Korean Kapur wood stock?
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A Type V per Riesch?
It's not Kapur. Looks to be Walnut or a loose grained Mahogany.
The CC stamp is not a Stan Pro or IBM.
Possible a replacement approved stock, but I wouldn't bet any big $$ on that CC.
Question;
Does that stock have the extra support shelf cut under the recoil plate?
Cheers,
Charlie-Painter777
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Originally Posted by
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A Type V per Riesch?
It's not Kapur. Looks to be Walnut or a loose grained Mahogany.
The CC stamp is not a Stan Pro or IBM.
Possible a replacement approved stock, but I wouldn't bet any big $$ on that CC.
Question;
Does that stock have the extra support shelf cut under the recoil plate?
Cheers,
Charlie-Painter777
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Charlie:
I did determine it to be a type 5 based in info in Riesch. The stock has a potbelly silhouette although not as pronounced as most. It also has the M2 relief cut.
I determined it to possibly be a Stan Pro stamp because only a single cannon trunnion is visible on the lower left of the stamp. Most other stamps have three trunnions visible, two lower left and one lower right.
Here is a picture of the shelf area:
Additional pictures of the finished stock set:
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So thats why I can't find any nice stocks ! Very nice group indeed. Besides SA who else provided M2 stocks for GI replacement ? Chris
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There were/are 2 types of the 'Potbelly' stocks.
Yours looks to be the early first style.
This picture has a early style on top. M marked slingwell. Flat bottom profile common to this particular maker.
2nd style below, showing a more pronounced bottom profile, a HI stock.
I can't explain the CC stamp on yours.
Wood looks like a light walnut, but birch can fool me at times. Normally a Birch will show a whiter ring around the pistol grip.
Either way it looks like you have a nice set up for range time.
I could be happy just collecting the wood!
Cheers
Charlie-Painter777
Charlie:
My wife has been after me about having 18 stock sets and only three rifles. Twelve stock sets have been restored and the other six are in the process. I showed her your pictures and she is speechless. I think she is afraid I'm going there. She wants to know when I'm going to start selling them?
Beautiful work Charlie.
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Selling them? I better warn her you are going to start filling them up with metal. Didn't you say you two were at our range on Wednesday evenings? 
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I could be happy just collecting the wood!
IMHO there are few things on this earth prettier than properly finished wood.
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Selling them? I better warn her you are going to start filling them up with metal. Didn't you say you two were at our range on Wednesday evenings?
She already knows I'm looking for metal wood filler. So far I've tried three brands, Inland, Winchester and Underwood. I'm open to trying additional solutions to cover up the big hole in the middle of the stocks. Just missed a NPM last month.
Yes we do try to get out to the range on Wednesday afternoons when it's relatively quiet. We don't go near the place on weekends. KiloBravo shoots my Beretta 92FS with a 22 kit on it and she has her own Beretta PX4 9mm. I let her shoot the Winchester Carbine and now it's no longer mine. She prefers it to the pistols, and enjoys hitting the black at 50yds. Once I got a shooting jacket she even enjoys putting a few 30.06 down range with my Garand
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