I can understand how some jerk having a piece of wood stamped and then trying to pass it off as the real deal should be strung up by his toe nails, but is this what the guy with the stamps is doing?I’m all for a faithful reproduction and think this is kinda cool, I’d never try to tell someone it was the real deal though. I know finding a correct original stock in good condition with all the proper markings is next to impossible, and if you have a collector grade rifle that’s probably what you want, but for most of us with just a good clean shooter, this seems like a cool idea.
I think.I’m also the guy who puts Ultra Ivory on a couple pistols and I would like to build a 1969 Yenko Chevelle. License plate on the Yenko would just read: 100. I can understand how some jerk having a piece of wood stamped and then trying to pass it off as the real deal should be strung up by his toe nails, but is this what the guy with the stamps is doing?Doesn't matter. It's fake and it's just a matter of time before the fake will be presented by someone as the real deal (and they almost always say they didn't know it was a forgery).At the last local gunshow I went two, I saw 13 stocks with faked cartouches (all billed as legit) and none with authentic cartouches. Guys like this are the problem.Ty.
Quote:Did he make those punches or are they original?They are new made. Originals were around years ago, but not all of them. I have an original HRA cartourche for the Garand.
All our NEW stock sets are straight-grain American Black Walnut cut to mimic early WWII slim-profile stocks. These stocks are completely fitted, finished, and ready to install and come complete with all metal as shown Reproduction cartouches are available as stock items and by special request Handguard metal and stock ferrules are reparked USGI parts. M1 Garand S.A. Stock Cartouche Hardened steel stamp for use on wood, metal or leather surfaces. This particular cartouche was used on Springfield Armory M1 Garand rifles with serial #'s from approximately 70x,xxx to 1,8xx,xxx.
I know of another collector who has about 8 different ones. They were very scarce years ago and commanded premium dollars.This individual is not the only one making cartouche stamps. EBay is loaded with them constantly, Numerich has copied many and I know of a fellow in Ct that made 4 sets of everything for the Carbine and Garand. A Phila fellow, years ago copied some of the WWI 03 cartouches.I have seen 03's come out of auctions with these fakes cartouches only because I knew the fellow who had died. Suddently 20 years later after aging, being handled, and they are no longer being used to fake other stocks, they become 'originals'.