Here's very nice collectible with its original Winchester made stock. But somewhere along the line either a collector or reenactor restamped it.
Winchester 6,508,480 - The Carbine Collector's Club - Page 1
Once the owner found out - it drove him crazy and went got another stock. :realcrazy: I'd say that is actuallymore common than not in many collecting circles. Some of us do it here with cars - others couldn't care less.
The Furniture Doctor by a guy named Grotz humorously describes all sorts of ways unscrupulous people aged, "improved", and faked antique furniture. That book is probably 60 years old. Ironicly, nowadays the market for old furniture has dwindled...