This is my first time dabbling in Mosins in a good long while, so do pardon me if this question seems rather stupid. Anyway, recently I was looking over a stock for my M44 I bought (it was to replace a stock that got broken four years ago that was beyond saving) and I noticed the toe splice (which is laminate on hardwood) seemed a little strange. It is a laminate on hardwood splice, but it appears to have been made with an earlier laminate stock (I want to say a beech laminate M38 stock perhaps?). What I ask, is my assumption correct, and has something like this been recorded before around here? I know laminate on hardwood and vice versa are out there, but I've never seen anything quite like this in the 11 off and on years I've been dabbling in Mosin rifles.
Photos are below, I apologize in advance if they are large. For the hell of it too, there are a few overall shots of the carbine:
Photos are below, I apologize in advance if they are large. For the hell of it too, there are a few overall shots of the carbine: