saw odd escutcheons on a 39 Tula today

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saw odd escutcheons on a 39 Tula today

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The front escutcheons were the wartime half escutcheons which are not uncommon at all. However the rear escutcheons were the pre-war type except that instead of screws they were held in will little tacks or nails. Logically it makes sense as a war time transition to go from screws to nails, I've just never seen it before now.
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Is it a spliced stock?
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Transitional stock, 1941 or 42 during the changeover, old parts were used until that ran out.
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I sure would love to see pictures of that one before I say anything about what it might be. Bill :?
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zeebill wrote:I sure would love to see pictures of that one before I say anything about what it might be. Bill :?
Yes, me too.
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If it's still there I'll post some pictures. I didn't notice a stock splice and just assumed that screws were one of the things that were eliminated as they streamlined production.
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walnut red wrote:Logically it makes sense as a war time transition to go from screws to nails, I've just never seen it before now.
Never seen one with little nails in the escutcheons either, but I do have a 46 Izhevsk m44 with a big arse nail in the butt plate. :shock:
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Is it a refurb? I have seen a couple that appear to have had the escutcheons sanded right along with the stock during refurb. The slots on some of the screws were almost completely sanded away. I assumed the screws wouldn't come out or Igor was lazy that day. But I could see how, if done uniformly, the screws could appear to be tacks.
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