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Originally Posted by Brian Dudley
The change occured when the bolt operating was changed on the guns. Parts were reduced as well as method of bolt operation. Not sure of the year off the top of my head. Was it 1918?
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This gun has the V spring type.
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Originally Posted by Brian Dudley
There is much more wood in the later buttstock heads since there are less parts needed to open the bolt and since the hammers do not draw back as far.
Worse case, if you have a later one, but need an earlier one.
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Makes sense.
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Originally Posted by Brian Dudley
You can remove the required wood from the later one to make it work.
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By 'You', you're referring to anyone but me. My wood working tools are limited to baseball bats and chainsaws. Well, not really; I do build a pretty nice, true mortise and tennon post and beam building, and I've restored some nice antique boats, but I think it best I leave wood working on guns as nice as these to people like you, not me.
