1911 skeleton stock?

[vivelacolo]

Some pictures have surfaced of a WW1 type 1911 delivered to France with a skeleton stock


I am familiar with the wooden stock that supposedtly was used in Lebanon but I never saw or heard about such a contraption produced by American makers of the Colt 1911 during or around WW1.
Is that a bubba or is it legit?
Best regards
RRO

[kwill]

I think it is a home made rig but it is very interesting. How does the top attach to the pistol?

[vivelacolo]

I think it is a home made rig but it is very interesting. How does the top attach to the pistol?

I do not know... that is all I got those pictures. All I can see a hole in the back strap.
Some collectors in Europe seem to think that it was the way some 1911 were delivered to France during the first war.
RRO

[Johnny P]

That one probably came as close to France as the other stocks came to Lebanon.