NOS No1 forend identification?

[Surpmil]

That forend looks like it was made on a pantograph judging by the irregularities in the inletting. Very much doubt it would have got past inspectors looking like that. Certainly doesn't look like anything that was produced at RSAF Enfield IMHO.
Still, it has some convincing looking dust inside, could a stack of "seconds" have been sitting around this long? Possible, but doubtful and if it was a second, even more doubtful it would bear the Enfield stamp - something easily made in an Asian workshop these days.

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[Garandy]

That forend looks like it was made on a pantograph judging by the irregularities in the inletting. Very much doubt it would have got past inspectors looking like that. Certainly doesn't look like anything that was produced at RSAF Enfield IMHO.
Still, it has some convincing looking dust inside, could a stack of "seconds" have been sitting around this long? Possible, but doubtful and if it was a second, even more doubtful it would the Enfield stamp - something easily made in an Asian workshop these days.

Anything is possible, and I am not an expert in Enfield wood. That said, this forend was not being sold as anything special, It was listed simply as WWII era No 1 Enfield forend stock. It was not sold by a firearms dealer or a shop specializing gun parts. It came out of a military surplus store that happens to sell an odd gun part here and there. I bought a US T44E4 stock from the same outfit at a giveaway price as well that was being sold as a plain Jane M14 stock. If this is a reproduction, someone went through a lot of trouble for me to end up with it for less than half of what the well used and damaged forends seem to sell for on eBay and a fraction of what the Walnut repros that were made in the UK, NZ or Australia cost.

You guys tell me, is it or isn't it? I'm not bothered either way. If you need more pictures just let me know.

FWIW, the pics I posted in the IP look much darker than how this stock appears under better lighting.