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C96 / C12 Broomhandle / Re: How to identify real stocks from repros?
« on: February 08, 2021, 02:46:28 PM »
For me I always look for....
1. A quality of wood that is nothing special and certainly not an exotic wood.
2. Screw heads that are rounded
3. An interior quite roughly finished
4. A form quite rounded. Fakes have a more 'squared finish'..
5. Often you need to see a few genuine shoulder stocks to get a feel for what's real or what's a reproduction...
6. Buy a quality reproduction for those range days.. Keep the genuine for the days when you want to admire your old war horse..
1. A quality of wood that is nothing special and certainly not an exotic wood.
2. Screw heads that are rounded
3. An interior quite roughly finished
4. A form quite rounded. Fakes have a more 'squared finish'..
5. Often you need to see a few genuine shoulder stocks to get a feel for what's real or what's a reproduction...
6. Buy a quality reproduction for those range days.. Keep the genuine for the days when you want to admire your old war horse..