Picked up a really nice 1938 ERMA 1st type the metal with the exception of the barrel bands is matching. Un-fortuneately someone put it into a reworked RC Stock. My question is what type of laminate is this. The glue has a "pinkish" tint to it. Is this a white glue that was stained when the Russians shellacked it. Or is this just a variation of the red glue. I have ordered the proper stock for this rifle and am awaiting its arrival.
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This also appears to have a stripped beechwood handguard.
Strange...but I like it... First impression is that is from a chemical cleaning process that turned the glue... Or like you said... red shellac impregnated the white glue. I have not encountered the shellac bleeding through effect before...
To explore the glue variation.... Check the lamination inside the stock with the action removed and the butt with the butt plate removed.
If the inside of the stock and butt of stock show the same color, with no indication of further cleaning, I would say it is in the glue... The inside magazine well area is good area to check...
I have a dot 43 with a green resin glue laminated stock that has the green all the way through...
Can you post pictures of the channel, trigger housing area and butt of the stock?
