Good questions.
The guard is completely correct. And i woild expect that the factory woild have converted stocks to straight grip if need be. But i would think that they would pit the numbers in the wood after doing the work. Some things just cannot be explained completely.
As for the checkering, i think that the butt was just worn or refinished at one time and simply incorrectly checkered by someone at that time or sometime later.
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