a great collection of M40A1 stocks

[totenkopf]

Gents, here's a cool return woodland stock I just found, it will great in my collection. If anyone has any others to sell, let me know. P.S> I'm paying high. Best

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mark

 

[NorthernBorn]

Re: a great collection of M40A1 stocks

So you collect just the stocks or do you build complete rifles with them?

 

[totenkopf]

Re: a great collection of M40A1 stocks

Hey Jeremy, both I'd say. Some stocks have the most interesting paint personalizations, just pure art forms while others should be rifles...

Mark

 

[NorthernBorn]

Re: a great collection of M40A1 stocks

Without a barreled action installed in them... all you have is a wasted resource.

We all know damn well that there are plenty of guys on this site that could use one of these stocks for a M40 build. What could of possibly led you to hoarding them?

It makes absolutely NO sense.

 

[totenkopf]

Re: a great collection of M40A1 stocks

Hahaha, ridiculous, I didn't know you set the rules of free market! I guess, freemarket or choice doesnt compute, huh? Your opinion is noted sir, I just don't agreed with you.
Oh, by-the-way I also collect Unertl 10x scopes, rare mounts and parts; do you have a stock you want to sell?

Best,
Mark

 

[aur0ra145]

Re: a great collection of M40A1 stocks

Are these stocks painted or is the color molded in? Or is it somewhat of a mix of the two? i.e. molded in colors and paint put on top of it for whatever reason.

I spent the day researching M40A1's, consequently I may be selling my AR-1500 dollar rifle (which was bought after 1 month of savings post-break up with an ex-girlfriend) to fund this flavor of gun ADD.

Yeah, she said "Why do you want to spend money on guns! How will we ever get married if you keep buying guns?!" I realize telling any girlfriend, "We need to start going on cheap/free dates so I can fund an AR-15 project" might have been a bad decision. But on the other hand, I have 2 AR-15's now! Also, I don't have to deal with "omfg we should get married" bs anymore. (she is a junior in college, I graduated with a BA in 'General Studies' a year ago; the last thing I want to do is get married.)

Morals of the story:

1. Needy girlfriends have propensity to get in the way of firearm purchases.

2. Gun-ADD can be detrimental to your wallet.

3. A 'General Studies' bachelors degree is useless. I still owe $17,000 for a piece of paper that says, "yep, he spent a shit ton of money and is only slightly more employable." Furthermore, being able to say I 'sorta' majored in History, Criminal Justice, Spanish and Geology only gets you "we will contact you if we decide to offer you the position" on a job interview.

Thankfully, I'm also a pilot. Therefore, my ego is so large I use the iceberg that sank the Titanic as ice in my tumbler of whiskey.

 

[LanceS4803]

Re: a great collection of M40A1 stocks

I think it would be interesting to show the changes over time of the military issued M40 stocks. Catalog/photograph each one, and sort by decade.

 

[Crosshairs6]

I have a USMC "SMEAR" return stock as well. I have not built on it yet but I plan to. I contacted McMillan to get information on the stock. This is what I received.
"The early so called “smear” patterns were made with the old semi-translucent dye based color concentrates and were only produced for about the first two years of production, from about 1974 thru 1976 (about 200 stocks). Then the more opaque milled color concentrates became available in about 1977 and all the subsequent stocks thru the early 1990’s were made with them ( about 800 stocks). The camo pattern is the “Forest Camo” color, not the Woodland camo.
Regards, McMillans"

These stocks are definately a piece of history.
S/F,

 

[M1Amen]

Are these stocks painted or is the color molded in? Or is it somewhat of a mix of the two? i.e. molded in colors and paint put on top of it for whatever reason.

I spent the day researching M40A1's, consequently I may be selling my AR-1500 dollar rifle (which was bought after 1 month of savings post-break up with an ex-girlfriend) to fund this flavor of gun ADD.

Yeah, she said "Why do you want to spend money on guns! How will we ever get married if you keep buying guns?!" I realize telling any girlfriend, "We need to start going on cheap/free dates so I can fund an AR-15 project" might have been a bad decision. But on the other hand, I have 2 AR-15's now! Also, I don't have to deal with "omfg we should get married" bs anymore. (she is a junior in college, I graduated with a BA in 'General Studies' a year ago; the last thing I want to do is get married.)

Morals of the story:

1. Needy girlfriends have propensity to get in the way of firearm purchases.

2. Gun-ADD can be detrimental to your wallet.

3. A 'General Studies' bachelors degree is useless. I still owe $17,000 for a piece of paper that says, "yep, he spent a shit ton of money and is only slightly more employable." Furthermore, being able to say I 'sorta' majored in History, Criminal Justice, Spanish and Geology only gets you "we will contact you if we decide to offer you the position" on a job interview.

Thankfully, I'm also a pilot. Therefore, my ego is so large I use the iceberg that sank the Titanic as ice in my tumbler of whiskey.

Don't worry dude, most people get jobs that don't have shit to do with their major in college.

You also have to consider that the federal and state subsidies have opened up university education to people who really had no business going to get a degree in the first place. This means that the large volume of people going produces an imbalance for people who didn't see any point to continuing on with this education. The understood paradigm today is that you are not employable if you don't go to college, which totally overlooks the number of outright incompetent people who graduate with degrees. The result is that people go to college just to get some kind of degree to show a future employer.

As a prime example, look at all the catty assholes who go to college and study women's studies. Who would have thought you need a piece of paper from an accredited institution to prove that you really do hate men?

Anyway dude, I am right there with you. Most days I regret my degree and kick myself in the ass for studying literature instead of engineering. But hey, I've read a lot of fuckin' books.

And by the way, DO NOT GET MARRIED!

 

[M40_A1]

"The early so called “smear” patterns were made with the old semi-translucent dye based color concentrates and were only produced for about the first two years of production, from about 1974 thru 1976 (about 200 stocks). Then the more opaque milled color concentrates became available in about 1977 and all the subsequent stocks thru the early 1990’s were made with them ( about 800 stocks). The camo pattern is the “Forest Camo” color, not the Woodland camo.
Regards, McMillans"

Thankyou for sharing that history.


I believe they could still make a reasonable facsimile of a smear pattern stock today if they are using the same milled pigments they've been using since 1977, and really wanted to. When I got the stock for my build in the early 1990s I asked for the blended type of pattern. It was like pulling teeth back then to get them to embed the swivel anchor blocks I provided and to blend the pattern, but they got it done and it looks like one of the "later" smear patterns. I've seen a lot of marbled patterns that demonstrate their ability to blend colors for effect, so I'm not sure why they are so reticent to slightly blend the edges of a camouflage pattern.

 

[Scooter64]

let's see all the your stocks you got in one pic.

 

[lash]

^^^ +1 ^^^^

I expected to see a collection based upon the thread title.

 

[BSully]

I have this rare bird............

Thought you might like, as if you havent seen it before.....


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