Yes, those are definitely to cover a stock head repair where the stock head had split. A through bolt and nut were likely used. Not a bad job. We've seem similar repairs.
Wonder if one of those Remington service dates would have been for that repair... but we'll never know. The type of service was never recorded.
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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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