If you carefully remove the screw securing the trigger guard to the stock and carefully lift the trigger guard strap from its recess in the wood and rotate it in a counter-clockwise motion you will see the gun's serial number stamped into the wood.
But keep in mind that a few savvy restockers knew enough to stamp the serial number there to make it look original. If there is no serial number stamped in the wood there you will know it is a restock.
If the number is stamped there the question of originality still remains.
I wonder why you came to us asking for answers if you're not willing to accept them?
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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