M1/M2 Inland Stock question

[BigJack]

Did Inland make a M2 stock? I saw a guy list one with CC and IO in the sling, he said it's a M1 but in one of the pic it looks to have alittle of a potbelly.
Any help is great
Thanks

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[Bubba-7]

Yes, in 1945, both with and without potbelly.

[BigJack]

M1 or M2

[imarangemaster]

M2. I had an Inland non-potbelly just like it awhile back. It had a repaired crack running forward from the magazine well. If I remember correctly, that was one of the reasons they switched to potbelly.

[Bubba-7]

Looks like a type 4, M2 non-potbelly. Is that what we are to think? Do I win anything?

[Tired Retired]

I want to see the stock's nose area from the top before Bubba gets his boobbie prize! (or is that boobbie trap???)

[BigJack]

Ahhh prize? Like my father says- You get a hardy handshake and a atta-boy! Here some more pics-






to me it looks fat in the front, so M2, the guy says it not, wait, bubba? are you the one that bubba-ized my nice ORGINAL Inland stock forcing me to be on the look out for a replacement? If you are -NO PRIZE FOR YOU!!

[Bubba-7]

OK, Now that you went to another site I'll give you the answer you are looking for. After years of research I have the answer. What you have is a type 5 stock M2 that has been sanded down to look more like a type 4 M2 stock. My first answer was without seeing the nose. There is more wood there than a M1 stock would have. Types 1, 2,and 3 are only M1 stocks. Type 4 looks like a type 3 stock but is missing the bridge in front of the triger housing and has a selector cut out. Your stock has that so it is a M2 stock. A type 5, potbelly is a lot thicked in front of the trigger housing I guess to make up strength for not having a bridge. Your stock is missing most of the thickened up area right in front of the trigger housing. So it has been sanded a lot.

[Tired Retired]

I have a tendency to agree - a sanded type 5. The second and third picture shows how it was originally coming off the nose at one angle (original potbelly) and then abruptly changing the angle to become flat. There is also an inconsistant "bump" in the middle of the trigger well and mag well - this is the location where the "potbelly" starts bending down to become fat.

Of course, I fully expect my observations to be discounted and proven wrong.

Where is Painter when you need him????

Frank, are you around?

[imarangemaster]

I agree. If you look at the second picture in the first set of pictures, you can see slight remains of the swell of a potbelly in front of the mag well. A 3 or 4 has a smooth, even taper towards the nose.