Freshest example of a prewar air rifle?

[keith66]

I wonder why there is a wooden plug just behind the trigger guard ? If it is a repair or a strengthening screw points to some sympathetic refinishing as it is well finished and level with the rest of the stock.
Anyway, a very nice example although a tad expensive.

If you look closely there would seem to be a faint crack along the grain through the wrist of the stock, i would think its been repaired & that plug behind the trigger guard conceals one of the screws. Its almost certainly been sanded down & refinished.
Butt plate has been polished but it hasnt removed the pitting.
Nice rifle but it aint mint.