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  • dogfix
    Junior Member
    • Feb 2013
    • 3

    #1

    Need help identifying a stock ....

    We found this stock in the crawl space, above a closet in my uncles house. Other than cleaning decades of dust off it, I have done nothing else to it. It appears to be unused, unmarked and unfinished. Any insight into what it is would be greatly appreciated!

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  • Rick the Librarian
    Super Moderator
    • Aug 2009
    • 6700

    #2
    The stock is for a M1903 Springfield rifle. It was made as a replacement during WWII. It is called a "Scant" due to the fact that it is similiar to a full-pistol grip-type stock, except the bottom was cut off. Supposedly, these came from WWI stores of stock blanks that were not shaped "deep" enough to have the full pistol grip of a Type C stock.

    Look carefully in the recess on the left side of the stock just above the stock bolt - is there an S or a K stamped there?
    "We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
    --C.S. Lewis

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    • dogfix
      Junior Member
      • Feb 2013
      • 3

      #3
      I could find nothing stamped in that recess, even looking under magnification. Is there any value in a stock like this?

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      • Rick the Librarian
        Super Moderator
        • Aug 2009
        • 6700

        #4
        Yes, especially as "shooter" stocks - maybe in the $125-150 range, depending on condition.
        "We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
        --C.S. Lewis

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        • chuckindenver
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2009
          • 3005

          #5
          it looks to be made by American Billiard and Bowling Ball,
          id be a buyer for the right price.
          contact me via PM..
          if it aint broke...fix it till it finally is.

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          • Mike D
            Senior Member
            • Jun 2010
            • 1031

            #6
            I notice the relief for the recoil lug is scalloped. Has it been relieved for a 1903A3 handguard ring?

            Mike

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            • chuckindenver
              Senior Member
              • Sep 2009
              • 3005

              #7
              looked close at the pics,..doesnt look to be a 1903A3 stock..the square cut for the cutoff switch is common of a ABB stock
              if it aint broke...fix it till it finally is.

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              • Kurt
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2011
                • 488

                #8
                Mike, no relief cut that I can see, definetly for a Springfield. It has been drilled for the bayonet mount screw which normally you don't see on an unused replacement stock so it must have been fitted for hardware at some point. I wasn't aware that ABB made anything but the 03/A3 stocks but what the heck... Are the butt plate screw and rear swivel holes threaded or just drilled?

                Kurt
                As the late Turner Kirkland was fond of saying, "If you want good oats, you have to pay the price. If you'll take oats that have already been through the horse, those come cheaper."

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                • dogfix
                  Junior Member
                  • Feb 2013
                  • 3

                  #9
                  The holes for the bayonet mount screw, the butt plate screws and rear swivel screws are drilled, but not threaded.

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                  • chuckindenver
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2009
                    • 3005

                    #10
                    years ago, i had 2 boxes of 3 stocks just like that..one box had 1903 stocks, and was marked 1903A1, and the other was cut for the 1903A3 , and was marked as such..
                    if it aint broke...fix it till it finally is.

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                    • Randy A
                      Senior Member
                      • Mar 2010
                      • 615

                      #11
                      Your stock is a WW2 production Milton Bradley, I'm pretty sure. If you could post a closer picture like your 3rd photo, taken from above, of the area around the mag cut off recess, I can confirm.
                      AB&B are very similar, but the band retaining spring cut is like a router cut, similar to Smith Corona, unlike what yours has. Keystone, Springfield and Milton Bradley all had a similar spring cut.
                      I've had NOS (unopened) boxes of all and did a side by side comparison of them.

                      Another note, Keystone marks are often very hard to see (the upside down K), but the angular side cuts and flatter bottom to the cutoff relief, rule the Keystone out.
                      Last edited by Randy A; 03-13-2013, 08:38.

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