IHC use of HRA stocks

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"Quite a few late IHC rifles that appear to be original, have been observed equipped with H&R stocks and 1/2" DAS cartouches. All have been in the 5.1 Mil serial number range. This is another part of the IHC story that remains a mystery". His Spring 2005 article gives a bit more information based on rifles CMP was turning up

CMP routinely switches parts on all original lower grade rifles. So no one who pays more for a correct rifle will complain. And when they were building collector grade rifles, they took top quality stocks off rifles with metal wear and dings, to build the collector grades. I hope this guy is not making judgement calls on what he sees in the lower grade rifles.

Incidentally, what is a "correct" or "collector grade" rifle was based on Jerry's opinion. I saw him switching out parts on the very minty IHC he took from me.

Wish I could have gotten it out the door, but it was put in the pile of collector grade rifles they were building.

I don't know if he is still working. The CMP kicked out the volunteers some years ago.