replacement stock question

[Mizzouboy]

I just picked up a nice 1903A3; it's a reparked Remington, 4 groove barrel, shows no barrel wear. Ought to be a good shooter. It is mounted in what appears to be a commercial replacement "C" stock. The seller said he thought it was from CMP, but the only marking I can find on the stock is a capital letter "K" (1/4 " tall with serifs) located in the magazine cutoff slot, not the "CMP" logo I have seen. Anybody know the source of this stock? It appears to be of good quality with nice fiddleback grain. Not a collector piece, but it looks good on the wall above my 1903A4! Thanks in advance.

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[Rick the Librarian]

It may be a WWII replacement stock made by Keystone. They often had no other markings.

[Mizzouboy]

Maybe I got an even better deal than I thought! Thanks!

[Neal Myers]

Rick is correct. So-called "New Old Stock" stocks were sold to the public by a US milsurp dealer until the 1990's, when the supply dried up. Yours is one of these. If the stock had been installed by a US arsenal, it would have a proof P & an arsenal rebuild stamp. A small difference, but it means your rifle is not a collectible arsenal rebuild. The only A3's sold by CMP were "Greek returns", most of which had grease soaked stocks.

[John Beard]

The "K" in the cutoff recess indicates that your rifle's stock was made by Keystone, a WWII Ordnance spare replacement stock contractor. And your stock may indeed have come from the CMP. About two years ago, the CMP acquired several hundred new Keystone stocks that were military surplus from WWII. The CMP sold the stocks through their stores. And many of them were very nice and a few had fiddleback like you describe.

Hope this helps.

J.B.