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Was offered a very nice 42 today but it has a short butt stock. Could it have been special ordered with a youth type stock? I know very little about 42’s but hunted with my uncles when i was a little kid so im interested. Based on serial number look up it appears to be a 1962 gun.
The wood fit is very good. Any opinions? It was supposedly special ordered for a son who really never used it.
Can you post a picture of the end of the butt stock with the butt plate removed? What is the current LOP?
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
Bert,
thank you for the reply. I will not be able to link up with the owner until next week(end) as we are not that close. Could it possibly be a special order? Never heard of one or a youth in this model but I guess anything could happen. At first I thought it was a cut down stock but the more I looked at it the more I thought the story was plausible. The forend appears to be normal. Regards
CPC said
Was offered a very nice 42 today but it has a short butt stock. Could it have been special ordered with a youth type stock? I know very little about 42’s but hunted with my uncles when i was a little kid so im interested. Based on serial number look up it appears to be a 1962 gun.
The butt plate itself may be a clue, if it isn’t Winchester with the logo. If the stock was cut down after market, then they probably used an after market plate, like a generic plastic plate with the serrations.
I looked at it and was going to take a picture but my phone started to die. That was one of my suspect items because as I recall it was a plain serrated piece. I don’t remember exactly or I would have mentioned it. Because of business I didn’t have much time to look at it. Regards
While it is possible that a shorter than standard butt stock was special ordered on that particular gun, I would want to inspect the butt plate, the fit of it, and the wood underneath it before buying the gun.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
In my opinion the stock has been cut by someone other than Winchester. If you look closely at the butt stock you can see horizontal lines on the butt plate. Winchester used one hard rubber butt plate throughout production and it is checkered. It is the same butt plate used on model 21 -20 gauge shotguns according to Ned Schwing book on the 42. The butt plates were mounted to the stocks and then finished. If you look closely many times you can see the sanding marks on the stock and butt plate match up. Factory stocks also have a slight curve cut on the butt. Original stocks are out there for sale but hard to find. Shortened stocks really hurts the value.
Gerald
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