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I agree I used the term "collector" when I should have used bubba or flipper - I do a lot of gun shows displaying my world class Boston Police collection (Home - Boston Police Fan site Memorabilia Equipment Photographs) and walk around before the show opens and check out the carbines and then see people buying them some you know are collectors, carefully going over the carbine, others are most likely flippers.
I never paid attention to the makeup of my 2 M1icon's before but now am starting too. My M1 with # 1211xxx has the type 3 bayonet lug adjustable sights flip safety, not I took it apart and at first could read the stamp on the trigger group, turned out to be Inland. It came from CMPicon in 2016 so I have no idea of its history. Not sure if CMP got them from the private sector or from imports or where, no idea, same with my CMP from 2009. Wish I knew more about their history. That is why I like the Midway ones.
Love the stock but it seems like it really isn't smooth, the "grain" is raised, the "dark" areas seem to raised just a bit. I don't plan to do anything except maybe carefully wipe it down with some RLO.

ALSO I learned today how to put the sling on! It may sound stupid (stupid is as stupid does) but when I put it on my Win I had forced the oiler in with the sling around it. Well today I managed to realize or find out that you put the oiler in the slot first and then feed the strap in one side and around and back out, easy peasy, I had no idea LOL

I don't want to take it apart too much since the front band is a very tight fit and backing out the screw as much as I dare it is tough to slide it over the catch and off the wood and I don't want to break anything.