I recently inspected a carbine a friend has just bought, a paratrooper carbine and the butt plate had no numbers. I thought they all had numbers. He says he sees the numbers there but they are faint (I think the guy that sold it to him pointed them out to him). I don't want to see him get screwed. the carbine in the stock was a blue sky import but I'm not certain the friend understands the significance and value of a blue sky.At least the butt plate looks old, but did they make unnumbered ones? anyways, help would be appreciated.
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Hard to tell from that photo; they all should have numbers cast into them.
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From that one pic, I would say not a good buttplate.Comment
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I think I see the number and the wheel impression but again, too weak to tell from this photo.Comment
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Carbine buttplate
Here's the butt plate turned sideways so you can read it better. clearly you can see what looks like the outline of a 2 and the asterisk or star, but the star looks convex rather than concave. Does anyone have an original one that looks like this? could this be a crude cast from an original?Comment
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And also a original for comparison.Comment
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