Burns556 Posted May 12, 2020 Report Share Posted May 12, 2020 (edited) https://www.gunbroker.com/item/867576780 Curious as to what everyones thoughts are on this stock? Wood seems new but the metal seems old. Not my auction. EDIT: I didn't realize that the auction had ended before I posted. No, I was not the buyer. Edited May 12, 2020 by Burns556 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted May 12, 2020 Report Share Posted May 12, 2020 99.9999% certain that the stock is a re-pop. It's WAY too clean. No nicks, dents, scratches or stains; it looks like it's never had an action dropped into it. The hardware gives every appearance of being original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns556 Posted May 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 That was my assessment too. I wonder where they found hardware but no stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Probably off a genuine stock that was damaged beyond repair. I hope the seller didn't trash the original wood. Even in very poor condition it's a valuable war relic and for the $1200 he paid it should have gone to the buyer along with the copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonlmg41 Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 It sort of appears to me the entire thing is repro, including the hardware. There are repro folding stocks and the lock piece that I've seen. It wouldn't be much to bend up the bracket as well. That's more than I paid for a parts kit with a stock not that long ago? I'd put that at more like a 3-$400 item? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 The re-enforcing stud assembly that goes through the pistol grip might be a little hard to counterfeit, the other metal parts not so much but they appear to have some patina so they could be real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG08 Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 I have a model 55. I got a new made repro stock thinking I would use it. I still have it here somewhere, and it is clearly a repro. that wood in the auction is new- metal maybe. Personally I think the buyer got hosed at that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 He would have gotten hosed at half that price.As my Calc 101 prof used to say "It's intuitively obvious to the most casual observer" that the wood was new.Why can't I find buyers like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG08 Posted May 18, 2020 Report Share Posted May 18, 2020 He would have gotten hosed at half that price.As my Calc 101 prof used to say "It's intuitively obvious to the most casual observer" that the wood was new.Why can't I find buyers like that? Guess I need to find the one here and get it on the auction. Maybe list is as "was told this came off Hitler's personal M55 " ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted May 18, 2020 Report Share Posted May 18, 2020 C'mon the provenance claim has to have some believability. Make it "Evans Carlson's personal M55." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondabottle Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 100% Bogus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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