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1942 91/30 I picked up in a synthetic stock........... ya ya I know you guys dont like that BUT I plan putting her back into a original stock that came with (you may begin cheering now)
The guy I purchased it from said "look here you can see the stock got damaged and they patched it with a different piece of wood, these stocks are kinda junky I guess." I agreed with him because my mind was focused on haggling him down to the 100.00 I was gona pay for this 91/30. When I got it home I started looking around at pics and found some 91/30 snipers. Thats when I noticed that the section "patched" non this gun is in the same location that the scope rail went on the sniper 91/30's. I'm no expert but my guess is that this stock is an X-sniper stock that was refitted for a regular infantry rifle. I don't think the rifle is an X-sniper. I don't see any drill or patched drill holes on the left side. In Fact this 91/30 is lacking in many of the punch markings you usually see. Its stamped 1942 and has a "upside down V" stamp below that. My guess on this is in 42 at the height of the war allot of pressure was on them to speed things up and ditch any stampings beyond the year. After a lengthy brushing of the bore it came clean and the rifling looks good all the way down. This will be my trail 91/30 and hunting rifle. The 1930 hex tula I am going to keep locked away for now. Check out the pics and let me know how many lies I am telling
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I'm glad to hear it's going back into the wood stock! It looks like an ex-sniper stock to me and a brass handgaurd to boot! With a good bore I think you did good.
It's possibly an ex sniper stock, but these stocks are also prone to cracking in this area, and it could be a repair to fix that.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Junk Yard Dog wrote:It's possibly an ex sniper stock, but these stocks are also prone to cracking in this area, and it could be a repair to fix that.
+1 I agree I have seen that repair on other rifles that I know were not snipers before. I have an M91 that has a field repair done to it to repair a crack in the stock in that exact location. Regardless of whether or not it was a sniper stock, arsenal stock repairs are interesting no matter what.
Its a sniper X-sniper stock ! until I see proof its not, so it could be and if it could be it is............... it makes perfect sense if you don't think about it.
On a side note: Cabelas has 91/30 snipers ........ not sure how "authentic" they are but at 599.00 they had better be.
As for the Cabelas snipers, I don't know, and will only pass on what I do know, Rguns snipers are the real deal, they have been authenticated by many PU sniper owners who have bought from them, beyond that I just don't have enough good information to say one way or another.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Just because they are 599 does not mean they are real. Case in point, One of my local stores had a "sniper" for 699. A PU it was and the date was ....39. So ya, uh no. They will put that price on it and try to fool the fools. I am betting it is a century redux. Some places will buy the $379 redos and then put them out for 600 and try to make a buck.
The commerce which maybe carried on with the people inhabiting the line you will pursue renders a knowledge of these people important ~Thomas Jefferson~ (to- Lewis and Clark)
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Sad part is they know it , but refuse to negotiate on price.........they would rather sell it to the next sucker than give you a fair deal. Not the employees fault just lame sales policies. The following quote comes to mind.
"Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it."
- Publius Syrius
I know it well from selling cra.....quality items on eBay
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
BUT I plan putting her back into a original stock that came with (you may begin cheering now) 
