Quote Originally Posted by Anzac15 View Post
I was curious about these indentations/marks in the stock.....anyone seen anything like them before?
My first thought, since the patina of the handguard does not match the stock, is that the action was once secured by wire, and the handguard and bands were added at a later time. But it appears that there are no indentations above the grasping groove... so, anybody's guess.