Originally Posted By: mark
My guess would be that sometime in the last 100 years the gun was shortened and curved to reinstall the original butt plate. Then at a later date the pad was added to get some length back.

That makes too much sense! Everyone knows that a curved butt is a telltale that it is original, no?

Chuck, it is the original stock, as it is numbered to the gun at the head in Fox fashion. The inletting remains as it came from the factory.

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