Question re my new Inland's Type III Recoil Plate

[CrossedCannons]

Part has strongly stamped "W" along the tang. Directly beneath the W's right lower point is a fainter "mark", one like a vertical bar, perhaps an "I".

Is "WI", for Inland, stamped left to right as written or are the symbols broken across separate lines making the "I" here a scratch?

Wood is Winchester, hence my "confusion".

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[painter777]

Here's a link to a W WRA type III recoil plate......
Winchester M1 Carbine Recoil plate "W" Type 3 - eBay (item 290397444752 end time Feb-06-10 20:59:32 PST)

Here's a DI For Inland type III.......
M1 Carbine Inland Type 3 Recoil Plate marked DI - eBay (item 220549028243 end time Feb-04-10 19:11:52 PST)

HTH,
Charlie

[CrossedCannons]

Thank you painter77. I've been researching the ebay/gunbroker archives for a while but have not yet found a good example stamping for "WI" (on any part) which matches mine. A verbal descript isn't much to go on so here's a pic:



Is this a Winchester part or an Inland part?

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

It looks to me like a W stamped recoil plate that has a milling mark below it, and a double X stamped screw.

[CrossedCannons]

Holy smoke, good eyes, I missed this late Winchester screw in my winland's data sheet so thanks! So Winchester I guess it is.

[INLAND44]

Yes, it's a 'gouge', not a marking.