Question on 788 stock variation......

[tudurgs]

Suggest you post this question on the rifle forum, rather than the shotgun forum

[600RemGuy]

Everything looks period but for the cut forend. Bottom metal was not inset until later, grip and forearm area looks factory, and bolt cut-out and monte carlo look correct. A pic of the internal reliefing (where the action sits inside) may help but I believe that someone cut the forend to its current state. What is the measurement end to end of the stock?

[600RemGuy]

All the good stuff is in The States and unobtainable to us up here in the Great White North.

The in-letting is factory. Have yet to measure my 788s as of yet, but sure looks more and more that it was cut