I feel your pain. I had three, first a Royal Typewriter 1918A2, then after a short while the Marlin Rockwell 1918 showed up with it's walnut butt stock... Then last was the N.E.S.A. from Korea time frame. I liked the Marlin Rockwell best, they were superb and when I took one out to the rang would go through a belt full of mags in about fifteen minutes.