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lrrambo 
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 Topic: Identifying unique SA stockPosted: Feb 20 2026 at 6:33pm |
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Ok, here's a good one. Just found and bought an SA marked buttstock. After I got home, removed the buttplate I found a hidden tube. Any ideas??
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Posted: Feb 20 2026 at 6:35pm |
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possibly, any pictures? |
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lrrambo
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Posted: Feb 20 2026 at 6:43pm |
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lrrambo
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Posted: Feb 20 2026 at 6:47pm |
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Kinda different, as the milled wood plug is carved to exactly match the sling hole, very precise. With the plug in there is about a 4" hole of free space. Put the buttplate back on and I would've never know there is a tube under it. Drug stash, documents, map, IDK? The stock does not appear to have been ever used, as in a new M2 style buttstock. Honestly, I bought it for the IP/PM buttplate.
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Posted: Feb 20 2026 at 10:57pm |
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That is one of the neatest things I have ever seen or heard of! There had to have been a specific purpose for it but who knows what that was. I agree it was used to hide something small. It's just so nicely done. Does it look like an alteration that was done a long time ago or recently or can you tell? I mean a civilian could have done that at any time, But I guess could have been done by a soldier at some point but who knows like you say it appears unused. Head scratcher for sure
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Posted: Feb 21 2026 at 1:29am |
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Dave's Not Here....
 Maybe thinking 03 Springfield ... Ch-P777
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Posted: Feb 21 2026 at 7:07am |
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Interesting plug, it looks like it is cammed to the oiler? Is the bottom of the plug hollowed out? Is there something in the bottom of the hole or is that just the lighting than makes it look like something is in there? This is very interesting as it would take some skill and possibly decent jigs to drill out that stock, but there are certainty some creative people out there. In 1947 the Army Ground Forces Board at Fort Benning GA was experimenting with a combination tool and a way to incorporate it into the stock. Though probably not related, an interesting read.
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Posted: Feb 21 2026 at 10:58am |
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Great Link Dan
 Hat off to the Sleep less one, 'Possibly a buffer mechanism for use with the grenade launchers.' or.. Reminds me of how we'd wrap loose fishing line or a trot line to carry. Cool find, Where did you find it? See no sign of a barrel band ever being on it. Sure makes you wonder if it was a prototype, test, at Aberdeen? Ch-P777
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Posted: Feb 21 2026 at 6:16pm |
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pure drug smuggling by a military person or policeman carrying is my opinion
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Posted: Feb 21 2026 at 7:30pm |
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Most people on here have no idea what a trot line is Charlie. Daddy made what we called frogs to wind our trot lines on.
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Posted: Feb 22 2026 at 1:43pm |
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Boring that straight in end grain is difficult. Even more of a trick to have done that after the stock was finished. I would think the easiest way to hold it in a fixture for that boring would be while it still had some square (flat) surfaces. OTH as I recall reading, Springfield eventually got some of the Richardson machines which could do some fancy stuff.
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We used to run our trotlines tied to several empty oil quart jugs. sometimes just let them float around and not tied to a main line at all. I remember we had the write our name and address on every single one haha. I miss the good old days when the old man was still around
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Posted: Feb 23 2026 at 4:07pm |
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I used trot lines for river fishing. Most of my fishing was lake fishing in good old Lake Erie...
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Posted: Mar 20 2026 at 4:59pm |
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Wow! great ideas and suggestions. Glue left over from tape at the bayonet lug cutout. Other than the parts on it, the buttplate, screw and barrel band spring there is no indication of anything else being mounted or the stock was even used. Head scratcher for sure. Stock is marked SA so no telling what year it was made. really got it for the PM-IP new buttplate. Who knows? I may just build it with a chrome lined carbine barrel I have and a spare like new Inland receiver. of course I can leave the finish alone. No sandpaper clean up and using MinWax red mahogany stain. I'll post a few other photos for more details.Sadly the person who got me started years ago collecting carbines is long gone, he was a wealth of knowledge. Now as for myself, almost 75 this year. I digress, anyone else add their opinion, facts etc? Kinda fun trying to research this!
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