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    The butt plate looks to be late Winchester. From previous picture of recoil plate I noticed you screw has the ++ mark, known as Winchester.
    Sling swivel looks good but most likely the original one was lost and that is field replacement.

    I have not seen a recoil plate with just a Q in that location but anything is possible. Anyone else?
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    Quote Originally Posted by new2brass View Post

    I have not seen a recoil plate with just a Q in that location but anything is possible. Anyone else?
    Not seen that, or looked for it. But I have seen a rear flip for an early Quality marked only with a Q sideways on the right side and I'm positive it was original to the Carbine.

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    Thanks to the data provided from new2brass I was able to determine that the slide is a Type III. Also thank you to all who responded with comments and suggestions.
    With the idea that the butt plate could be a Winchester and the handguard is a Winchester, I will start looking for a Winchester stamp on the stock (just maybe!!!) Would have done it last night but we had grandkids over and my attention was elsewhere.
    I don't know the history of this piece but whoever owned it before must have carried it around in a vehicle because there is a lot of surface rust on exposed metal but everything below stock line is in good shape.(normally the opposite is the norm)

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    Quote Originally Posted by tenOC View Post
    Not seen that, or looked for it. But I have seen a rear flip for an early Quality marked only with a Q sideways on the right side and I'm positive it was original to the Carbine.
    I thought the Q rear sight was a topic and could not find it. I posted this elsewhere. It has been suggested it is possibly foreign made



    hmm, that did not post in thread

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