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Can anyone tell me about this stock?
So I picked up a striped birch stock for dress and it has some markings I`m familiar with. So it has SA on the inside of the forestock a W under the buttplate and a Star FAT 66 on the side of the stock. it also appears to have a cast receiver block no letters just cast marks. any help or information would be great. Thank you.
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04-16-2019 11:11 AM
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So having trouble getting these in a photo not a PDF but will keep trying. Hope someone can fill me in.
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To fix my post the markings I am NOT familiar with.
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Cast Recoil plate is post WWII, same as the SA Springfield Armory Stock. Star/year/ Italian use.
The W under the butt plate is probably just the milling station or shift marking. It's not a makers mark.
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Thank you Painter777. I had found out about the stamp but was confused about the SA and W. Am I committing a "SIN" by working that FAT stamp off and making it Purdy? I would be very diligent about preserving any US stampings but I just don`t have the same feelings for a used Italian Stock nothing wrong with our friends in Italy of course. I just like to have very nice dress stocks for my rifles when I can find one.
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If the stamp is not too deep and the wood fibers have not been broken, then you can use an old steam iron on it. A damp cloth over the stamp and then hit it with steam forcing the wood back to the surface.
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Thank you Bruce. Yeah I have steamed out the rest of the dings but was waiting to hear more about the FAT stamp. I think I might be able to get about half of it out with good steam and the rest with a little elbow grease and sweat. I think it will be an outstanding stock when finished but I need a matching handguard have a request in the classifieds but no luck so far. Here are pictures of my M1A1 Dress stock before and after.
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Very nice piece of equipment...very pretty.
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Treeline M14 has some real gems available hidden under years of grease. Freds used to be my favorite Now Treeline has Jack`s Stock Of Stocks.
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How did we get from an M1 carbine stock to a pretty M14 stock???????
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