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[RASelkirk]

One other thing to note about the Owens, the handguard is shorter than a USGI, I want to say about a half inch shorter...

Russ

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[Sleeplessnashadow]

Russ

I received my Owens stock. The finish on the extending stock was not complete with steel still showing in places. For the price, easily rectified. After cleaning it up it looks better.

Did you have to do some alterations to get the recoil plate to seat properly? Mine, looks like I'll have to remove some material to either side of the top of the recoil plate to get it to align with the bolt hole.

Hope to shoot pics in the next few days and post them here.

Thanks...

Jim

P.S. All of the commercial M1A1 stocks/handguards, the Owens stock/handguard, and the Denix replica I obtained for experience, documentation and photos. I normally resell items like these to obtain addition material. Only change to the M1A1 stocks is they now have the proper brass rivets, albeit a few rivets have the typical small crack or two on the side opposite the leather from rolling the rivet instead of flattening it. Otherwise they are what they are when I obtained them new.

[RASelkirk]

Russ

I received my Owens stock. The finish on the extending stock was not complete with steel still showing in places. For the price, easily rectified. After cleaning it up it looks better.

Did you have to do some alterations to get the recoil plate to seat properly? Mine, looks like I'll have to remove some material to either side of the top of the recoil plate to get it to align with the bolt hole.

Hope to shoot pics in the next few days and post them here.

Thanks...

Jim

P.S. All of the commercial M1A1 stocks/handguards, the Owens stock/handguard, and the Denix replica I obtained for experience, documentation and photos. I normally resell items like these to obtain addition material. Only change to the M1A1 stocks is they now have the proper brass rivets, albeit a few rivets have the typical small crack or two on the side opposite the leather from rolling the rivet instead of flattening it. Otherwise they are what they are when I obtained them new.

Jim,

My fit up was good, the barrel was just 1/8" or so off the stock with the RP cinched down tight. I have a spare perf metal HG, I may try to slice out a section of holes and shorten it to fit. That plastic HG looks like dammit...

Russ

[RASelkirk]

Had to look, mine was used and came out of FL. Your link for original "new" ones is less than what I gave for a used! Thanks for posting!

Russ

[Sleeplessnashadow]

As you will see below, the weld on the rear of the telescoping stock was a pretty sloppy job. Recoil plate will require moving a small amount of poly to get it to fully seat. Barrel Band Spring hole was drilled thru the right side and on the left from the outside in but not completely through the left side. Not a problem as it allows for a custom fit.

While the forend is obviously styled as a hand grip, I suspect the reason for the extra poly up front is to give the screws that hold the middle and front half of the side pieces something to grab onto.

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Jim

[RASelkirk]

Hey Jim, forgot to mention. The "bullnose" was a bit large on my Owens and had to be sanded for the barrel band to fit w/o a hammer. OTOH, a beautiful walnut Boyd's stock I got new off E-Bay needed to be built up with stained epoxy so the BB would even cinch up at all...

Russ

[Sleeplessnashadow]

Hey Jim, forgot to mention. The "bullnose" was a bit large on my Owens and had to be sanded for the barrel band to fit w/o a hammer. OTOH, a beautiful walnut Boyd's stock I got new off E-Bay needed to be built up with stained epoxy so the BB would even cinch up at all...

Russ

Took a mallet to get the barrel band on and off mine too.

Jim