Thanks..the stock, after really looking at it, is definitely 'hand made'..not original. If I had run into it recently at a gun show, I would think Afghan 'bring back', but it had been in that antique shop for quite a long time. I have pretty much abandoned the Confederate connection, as it looks as there may be some Arabic script on the tang of the buttplate. Don't know if you can see it in the picture, I may be mistaken. Either way its an interesting piece.