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Dutchman
Posted - 07/09/2006 : 6:12:00 PM
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In the past there has been some questions about this particular maple stocked m/96 because there is no disc cutout.
http://www.rebooty.com/~dutchman/maple.html
I was never able to get any further information about it from Dana Jones but it is a maple stock.
These two maple m/96 stocks are only 8 numbers apart. One is 367455 from 1915. The other went to Dana Jones for research for his book.
The stocks came from Century Arms when they were selling off large numbers of empty stocks for $2.30 each. I bought 40 stocks and later 20 handguard. Both stocks are conventional in that they have disc cutouts. The one I have here is cracked through the recoil shoulder. It also has a non-military opaque stain and clear coat that would indicate to me that it came from a shooting club as they often followed less stringent guidelines than military for upkeep and such.
Some of the map stocks exhibit striking fiddleback figure the whole length of the stock and are utterly gorgeous.
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Dutchman
Posted - 07/09/2006 : 6:18:08 PM
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Here's a 1907 carbine that has a maple stock, courtesy of MikeO. (used with permission). He hadn't checked the stock for serial numbers but its a safe bet that its non matching as maple shows up only 1915-1917 as with elm and mahogany.
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mauserdoc
Posted - 07/11/2006 : 11:21:44 PM
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I have a 1900 obie that is all matching x the rod. It has a matching fiddleback stock like the one on the guns you have shown. Given that these guns weren't reportedly made with that at that time, does it mean that the stock was probably added later and stamped to match the gun? The stock has one crown ( I think--unluckily, this gun was my early stock cleaning adventure in the swede world and I got both water, purple power, oven cleaner (?) etc on it trying to clean it up--so not sure about the crown...) Having said this, the stock has turned out nice and the fiddleback is awsome.
Dutchman
Posted - 07/12/2006 : 01:09:52 AM
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Pure speculation. We haven't had enough maple stock rifles & carbines to study to even make an educated guess. Just another one of the questions that'll be answered in the future, hopefully.
Swedeman
Posted - 07/12/2006 : 08:23:53 AM
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Mauserdoc,
I bet that yours is fiddleback walnut based on the year ... many of these look like maple ... post some photos so we can look.
Here is a stock that I have that looks like maple, and it may be (1916):
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What do you think, Dutchman?
Swedeman
Posted - 07/12/2006 : 08:34:43 AM
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And, here is another that is 1915 that I believe to be walnut:
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They look very similar, don't they. The other one (previous post) looks more like the one Dutchman posted. Both could very well be walnut.
Dutchman
Moderator - Swedish Military Firearms Forum
Posted - 07/12/2006 : 11:21:59 AM
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Swedeman - I believe both yours are walnut. They're very nice, too.
Dutchman
Posted - 07/09/2006 : 6:12:00 PM
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In the past there has been some questions about this particular maple stocked m/96 because there is no disc cutout.
http://www.rebooty.com/~dutchman/maple.html
I was never able to get any further information about it from Dana Jones but it is a maple stock.
These two maple m/96 stocks are only 8 numbers apart. One is 367455 from 1915. The other went to Dana Jones for research for his book.
The stocks came from Century Arms when they were selling off large numbers of empty stocks for $2.30 each. I bought 40 stocks and later 20 handguard. Both stocks are conventional in that they have disc cutouts. The one I have here is cracked through the recoil shoulder. It also has a non-military opaque stain and clear coat that would indicate to me that it came from a shooting club as they often followed less stringent guidelines than military for upkeep and such.
Some of the map stocks exhibit striking fiddleback figure the whole length of the stock and are utterly gorgeous.
http://old.gunboards.com/uploaded/Dutchman/20067918650_maple1.jpg
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http://old.gunboards.com/uploaded/Dutchman/20067918720_maple2.jpg
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Dutchman
Posted - 07/09/2006 : 6:18:08 PM
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Here's a 1907 carbine that has a maple stock, courtesy of MikeO. (used with permission). He hadn't checked the stock for serial numbers but its a safe bet that its non matching as maple shows up only 1915-1917 as with elm and mahogany.
http://old.gunboards.com/uploaded/Dutchman/200679181651_1907 Mike O.jpg
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mauserdoc
Posted - 07/11/2006 : 11:21:44 PM
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I have a 1900 obie that is all matching x the rod. It has a matching fiddleback stock like the one on the guns you have shown. Given that these guns weren't reportedly made with that at that time, does it mean that the stock was probably added later and stamped to match the gun? The stock has one crown ( I think--unluckily, this gun was my early stock cleaning adventure in the swede world and I got both water, purple power, oven cleaner (?) etc on it trying to clean it up--so not sure about the crown...) Having said this, the stock has turned out nice and the fiddleback is awsome.
Dutchman
Posted - 07/12/2006 : 01:09:52 AM
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Pure speculation. We haven't had enough maple stock rifles & carbines to study to even make an educated guess. Just another one of the questions that'll be answered in the future, hopefully.
Swedeman
Posted - 07/12/2006 : 08:23:53 AM
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Mauserdoc,
I bet that yours is fiddleback walnut based on the year ... many of these look like maple ... post some photos so we can look.
Here is a stock that I have that looks like maple, and it may be (1916):
What do you think, Dutchman?
Swedeman
Posted - 07/12/2006 : 08:34:43 AM
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And, here is another that is 1915 that I believe to be walnut:
They look very similar, don't they. The other one (previous post) looks more like the one Dutchman posted. Both could very well be walnut.
Dutchman
Moderator - Swedish Military Firearms Forum
Posted - 07/12/2006 : 11:21:59 AM
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Swedeman - I believe both yours are walnut. They're very nice, too.
