I agree that this likely is a “restoration” and I will say that with reservation because although I know some odd stuff went on with SS contract guns, a restoration of such a gun is also possibly a faked (humped) gun too. Here’s a few things to look at.
I’m pretty sure I can see the remains of a removed number on the floorplate. This then also means it has to have been reblued after the number was (mostly) removed.
All of these numbers look bad to me. The safety has remnants of the removed number on it, visible to the left of the new number.
I also agree that the stock is sanded so is automatically suspect. Again I don’t have it in hand but these areas here look bad to me.
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This rifle is not a SS contract rifle but a depot build at SSZZA4.
I don't like the stock, bolt or barrel band. Looks like a restored piece.
Sorry to get off topic, but was that rifle also for sale? I'd be interested in that piece. There was a similar conversion on exhibition in the Austrian Army Museum too. Probably the one you are talking about is this one: http://www.hungariae.com/Mann95Ru.htm ?The rifle I was most interested in was his Steyr M95 semi-auto rifle. Not joking either it was pretty neat had the same gas and bolt set up like the French WW1 semi-auto. Never heard of such a thing. But the machine work was awesome wasn't bubba done it was well built.