Zeppelin5000

Some people do that to make a rifle "correct" although not matching. Mauser-Oberndorf stopped using the service branch stamp by 1942.

No, that's a standard 1942-1945 Mauser-Oberndorf stock, this one being somewhere in the middle.

Might be a Mauser-Oberndorf stock. We'll need to see a better photo of the right side of the butt.

Nah. Don’t got one of those. I told the seller the story about it and he seemed fine with it. Said he’d rather keep it since he’s had it...

100% a Mitchell's. Do you have a photo of the left side if the barrel, near the muzzle? That's where their import marks typically are...

The asterisk was a Russian capture X that Mitchell put an extra line through to hide the fact. That's not what a German reject mark...

Here it is...

DO NOTHING! US weapon collectors are all about applying finishes to stocks. For German weapons, it's the total opposite. Messing with...

Israeli, looks like.

Gustloff stocks will typically have a "c" indicating its Menzel supplied. I'm not seeing that.

Geco ordnance spare, re-barreled during the war -not a plus usually...

Thank you!

The stock was replaced. They weren't using cupped buttplates until early 41. I'm thinking the stock is from a 1944 Gustloff or Brünn I...

It's a myth that the font on a matched example will necessarily be the same. That is, some rifles may be the same while others are...

It is indeed a Russian capture