Questions about an unmarked I cut carbine stock.

[lambo35]

Several years [1994] ago I bought [still have it] an SG carbine [3 mill 400K range] that has a very nice I cut High wood stock. It has a type two [2 rivet, wide groove] hand guard that is also very nice and has the same color and finish. There are no proofs or stamps on the outside of the stock and the stock shows no indication of sanding. It does have an upper case letter H on the bridge across the rear of the slide well, nothing anywhere else. The hand guard has the OI stamped on the usual place.
Questions: Was somebody making new I cut stocks in the 1980-1990 time frame? Could this one be a left over from WW2? Could it be an Inland presentation stock [no proofs etc.]? My guess about it being from Inland stems from the letter H on the slide bridge. Hillerick [sp?] and Bradsby [Louisville Slugger fame] made stocks for Inland during the war. I have seen the H in other locations on other H/B Inland stocks.
What are your thoughts, I welcome all theories.

Many thanx, Chuck

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[deldriver]

Sounds like Winchester possibly to me. With the bridge having a letter on it and not being marked in the slingwell, that is what I am guessing. A picture would help a lot if you could. As I am sure you already know, Winchester stocks had certain characteristics that made them easier to indentify in most cases. Of course there are other possibilities too.

[jimb16]

I agree. We need pictures.

[Bruce McAskill]

Yes new stocks were being made in that time frame. If it has not been sanded and there are no marking in the sling well then there is a good chance it was a newer made stock. But pictures of the stock would help for sure.

[lambo35]

The buttplate is the early Inland version. The wood behind the buttplate has the imprint of the diagonal diamonds. I couldn't easily remove it for a picture today [I didn't want to mess the wood up getting the plate off ], but the data sheet I did years ago notes the imprint. The type 2 recoil plate is very lightly stamped [?I], couldn't determine the first letter.
Oh, the handguard is the narrow groove version, not the wide one as I stated in my initial post.
Thanx guys, Chuck

[Bruce McAskill]

To me it looks like it's one of the later made stocks. The recoil plate screw is from a Standard Products. But it is a pretty stock.

[jimb16]

The position of the H looks Winchester, but the stock shape seems wrong. I don't know what it is without more and better detailed pictures.

[lambo35]

jimb, what part of the stock would you like to see? It does not have the distinct flat forearm found on Winchester carbine stocks. The front band imprint is from a type 1 band, never had a type 2 or 3 band on it.

Chuck

[jimb16]

You mentioned a B marking, so that for a start. Also better pictures of the bottom of the foreend, the sling well and the wrist. Another thing that bothers me is the color of the wood. I shouldn't be that light unless it is sapwood. Also try to get a picture that clearly shows the wood grain. It seems a little too open for walnut.

[lambo35]

Jimb, sorry, I forgot the wrist pic. The B that was mentioned in the first post, H/B =Hillerich and Bradsby. I just used those letters as an abbreviation, there is no B stamp, sorry for the confusion.

Chuck