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Blue Ridge Parson said
FWIW, the rifle in that old GI listing is not wearing a Winchester 52-C stock.  It has no Monte Carlo comb (which a C Sporter should have) and the cheek piece has a shadow line (which neither the 52-B nor 52-C Sporters have)— which leads me to conclude that the stock is someone’s custom creation.  
On the plus side, that rifle has the integrally forged front sight ramp.  So it’s not really an apples to apples comparison.
BRP
  

You are absolutely right and have a much better eye than mine.  I was too focused on the pad.  Given the seller’s alleged tendency to commingle (at the least) funds, I’m not sure how much to trust the description but the barreled action is said to be a 1956 d.o.m. —  which is about right at s/n 86,873C. 

So what we’ve got is a fairly early production (integral ramp) C in somebody’s idea of a B stock, with what looks like a 48F. I can’t see the front sight well enough to identify it. The contour of the hood at its muzzle end looks wrong for a #3279/H but perhaps that is lens distortion. 

If I hadn’t jumped the gun and had examined all the photos more carefully, I would have seen what you point out – the stock is a fairly crude reproduction of a “B” stock. My guess is it was at least partially turned on a duplicator. As you say, the cheekpiece has a shadow line but it is also not fully developed.  The wrist has the same flattened look seen on end-of- the-bolt pre-64 Model 70 stocks that were machine checkered. 

Throwing the stock away but saving the sling gear and sighting equipment, we’ve got a barreled action and magazine. Parted out, that hardly adds up to 4 grand in 2021 Dollars. 

It’s a wicked World.