I've definitely seen a similar cheekpiece. I'm wondering if it was from the Diana catalogue when they offered the custom/ bespoke service. Its also possible the lack of etching is due to a replacement breech cover being fitted.
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I've definitely seen a similar cheekpiece. I'm wondering if it was from the Diana catalogue when they offered the custom/ bespoke service. Its also possible the lack of etching is due to a replacement breech cover being fitted.
The Chrono Slayer
Must say, I quite like the stock but I can't say i've seen one like it before!!Originally Posted by Drew451
John
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The cheek piece and stock appear to be a german pattern sometimes seen on "high end" Blaser or Anschutz hunting/safari rifles in top grade Anatolian or Aserbaijan walnut !
The lower ridges vary in number from 1 to 3.
Standard Diana cheek pieces tend to be the Monti Carlo pattern.
This particular stock looks like a custom special and personally, I like it !
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From the 3 pics the action looks like a 'T 05' 460 with no noticeable changes (scope mount etc look standard), but the lack of markings is weird - they are not the sort of thing that can be lost by overpolishing or whatever (they are properly stamped & approx 1.5mm deep - laser etching came later). M&G / Diana have made rfiles for many other distributors & used diff. names in certain regions (RWS, Gecado, Remington etc) but ...
Youir stock looks to be a very stylized german hog's back stutzen with checkering copied from the later Mod 50 (of the 60's/70's).
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Well, I've found the markings. They're VERY vague. With a light they are hardly recogniseable.
Cant really tell what it says. Lóóks like 43 but that cant be. Must be 46.
Does a Stutzen have its own model on it? Like '46 stutzen' or 46ST?
Dont think it has been reblued though. It actually should háve a reblue
Do all model 46 have the holes in the plastic foresight? Or stutzen only?
ATB,
yana
The Chrono Slayer
There is a Model 430 Stutxen but that is a sliding breech model (I think!) but then, If the digits aren't prope4rly formed, A 6 could look like a 3
Googling images for all the various Diana Stutzen models, It seems like they all have the screws at the forend!
Maybe some stockmaker or carpenter thought to improve the original design and you have a one off stock!
John
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We're making progress! I saw something 'written'inside the stock. And it máy have had stockholes in the past. They may have been filled from the inside allthough on the outside, nothing is visible:
ATB,
yana
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