Dear Michael,

Rain all you want on my parade, smirk truth and research are important to me.

Here are some more pictures, I hope that they help.
First, a picture of the caliber markings
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second a picture of the butt plate, it looks like a cast brass version of an 1903 NRA sporter buttplate, have buttplates like this been seen before on stocks from Niedner?




And here is another picture of the stamping on the stock



As for the inletting, I will take some pictures tomorrow, but I doubt they will be conclusive. It looks good, but unlike the 1903 action, the 1917 action doesn't have as many little details that will show the difference between good inletting and great inletting.

Fred