Your pictures popped up right after I sent my initial response! $600 is way too much for that gun. It is a late 1942/early 1943 rifle and should have the full length stock and upper handguard. Someone has cut it down significantly and you can see that the front barrel band/nose piece does not fit properly. I have never heard of "duffle cut" Arisakas but maybe someone with more expertise has? To return it to original would be rather expensive since the stocks are had to come by. Its too bad because other than that, it looks like the parts are all in pretty good shape.