JLG butt stock 008 bottom contour for trigger housing group etc.
This came along before my cataract surgery, so I "farmed out" the verification, even though I was sure it was legitimate. What I couldn't tell was small details... I've since had cataract surgery, but because of some of the lunatics I've encountered on the web, I still double verify and re-corroborate. I have also learned it's a waste of time to pamper the gutless f**kheaded loudmouths who spew bullshit on the web as "authorities". They scum. And I've started treating the bastards just as they deserve.
In person and via photography, verified and corroborated with the most trustworthy, heavily credentialed, senior, and sane collectors I know--about a half dozen of them!!--that this "last cartouche" (the DAS is NOT a cartouche--no writing or letters! Check a dictionary for the old "Egyptian" correct definition and its basis if you doubt that... ) butt stock is authentic, albeit it's been sanded. Not too many dings. No cracks, no paint, weird Danish or other stampings...
The metal will be removed before I dump it for something I actually need.
Weirdly, this was about the very LAST item I was looking for or wanted when I stumbled across this, and upon cleanup, contacted the network of "usual suspects" because I no longer trust my eyesight on wood. Looking back, I doubt if I've seen two dozen of these. They're fairly close to being the least common of the letter cartouched butt stocks.
Last one I had was on an old D.C.M. rifle, from an estate, and had been surmarked with a DAS (Defense Acceptance Stamp). It, too, was absolutely authentic, and appeared on an all original rifle right in that low 4 million area where one would figure such things might've happened.
Then there's the even weirder tale of "JLG", the initials of an expired shooter, with which he had emblazoned his M1 and several other firearms and appliancs, along with his social security number.
Had one specimen whose actual wood dated from about 1939, but also bearing an undoubted authentic "JLG" cartouche. Obviously, it sat somewhere at the armory, probably coming off a rejected rifle, then got marked MUCH later. The imbecile who claimed it was "fake" was spewing nonsense out his idiotic butt.
Anyway, it's a certainty. Not some loudmouth's assertion or slimy internet "proof"!! Strange find. There are handguards with it which "color match", but I remain unconvinced they're "correct" to it, and I have other uses for them, anyway.
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JLG butt stock 008 bottom contour for trigger housing group etc.
This came along before my cataract surgery, so I "farmed out" the verification, even though I was sure it was legitimate. What I couldn't tell was small details... I've since had cataract surgery, but because of some of the lunatics I've encountered on the web, I still double verify and re-corroborate. I have also learned it's a waste of time to pamper the gutless f**kheaded loudmouths who spew bullshit on the web as "authorities". They scum. And I've started treating the bastards just as they deserve.
In person and via photography, verified and corroborated with the most trustworthy, heavily credentialed, senior, and sane collectors I know--about a half dozen of them!!--that this "last cartouche" (the DAS is NOT a cartouche--no writing or letters! Check a dictionary for the old "Egyptian" correct definition and its basis if you doubt that... ) butt stock is authentic, albeit it's been sanded. Not too many dings. No cracks, no paint, weird Danish or other stampings...
The metal will be removed before I dump it for something I actually need.
Weirdly, this was about the very LAST item I was looking for or wanted when I stumbled across this, and upon cleanup, contacted the network of "usual suspects" because I no longer trust my eyesight on wood. Looking back, I doubt if I've seen two dozen of these. They're fairly close to being the least common of the letter cartouched butt stocks.
Last one I had was on an old D.C.M. rifle, from an estate, and had been surmarked with a DAS (Defense Acceptance Stamp). It, too, was absolutely authentic, and appeared on an all original rifle right in that low 4 million area where one would figure such things might've happened.
Then there's the even weirder tale of "JLG", the initials of an expired shooter, with which he had emblazoned his M1 and several other firearms and appliancs, along with his social security number.
Had one specimen whose actual wood dated from about 1939, but also bearing an undoubted authentic "JLG" cartouche. Obviously, it sat somewhere at the armory, probably coming off a rejected rifle, then got marked MUCH later. The imbecile who claimed it was "fake" was spewing nonsense out his idiotic butt.
Anyway, it's a certainty. Not some loudmouth's assertion or slimy internet "proof"!! Strange find. There are handguards with it which "color match", but I remain unconvinced they're "correct" to it, and I have other uses for them, anyway.
Authenticated and copyrighted photo. All rights reserved. No reference use or reproduction of any kind without express written permission. Criminal and civil statutes and all rights law WILL be enforced.