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10th May 2015, 06:57 PM

kahnjar1

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Originally Posted by rickystl

Thanks Stu.
Can you tell what the purpose of the iron straps would be?
Rick

The top part of the stock, where the "hammer" comes thru, is a separate piece of wood. The strap hold this in place, but the size of it seems a bit of overkill to me. Maybe there is something here that we are not seeing.......Perhaps just decorative?

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