Strange pattern on rifle stock

[scooter748driver]

Ran across this Enfield online with a strange pattern on the stock. Looks too pristine to have been carved so I'm thinking it was stamped? And thinking it was done post war?

Of course you can tell from the ???? at the end of my sentences I really have no idea and these are just barely educated or completely uneducated guesses on my part. So, I turn to the experts here and those more knowledge than me (which will be most anyone).

What say you? I look forward to your input & thoughts. Thanks!

 

[DixieRifles]

Ran across this Enfield online with a strange pattern on the stock. Looks too pristine to have been carved so I'm thinking it was stamped?

I can see how it looks stamped. But all you need is 3 metal tubes to stamp this pattern: two cans and a smaller tube. Just need a steady hand and a hammer or wood mallet.
Cant say if it was made during or after the War.

 

[Rebforever]

It looks like it was done with a pair of dividers.

 

[Jeff in Ohio]

Yes, divider I think. This area of the stock surface is not flat and so could not be stamped in this way.

 

[Tanglewood]

Yes, easy to do with a divider or compass and a straight edge. It might be a simple Hex symbol, akin to those seen on Pennsylvannia Dutch (Deutsch) barns, and in other German settled areas, such as pockets of North Carolina. They were meant to provide protection, bring good luck, and so forth. I recall that a friend had a P-53 Enfield with Confederate import marks and an elaborate Hex on the stock.

 

[johan_steele]

I think it's a very nice decorative addition to the rifle likely created by a simple set of dividers and a few minutes of time by someone. I'd be proud to own such. Though, I would like to see how she looks after a half dozen coats of Kramer's Best.

 

[scooter748driver]

Yes, easy to do with a divider or compass and a straight edge. It might be a simple Hex symbol, akin to those seen on Pennsylvannia Dutch (Deutsch) barns, and in other German settled areas, such as pockets of North Carolina. They were meant to provide protection, bring good luck, and so forth. I recall that a friend had a P-53 Enfield with Confederate import marks and an elaborate Hex on the stock.

This Enfield has the Anchor S mark on the stock - wonder if it could be the same one that your friend had?

 

[Tanglewood]

This Enfield has the Anchor S mark on the stock - wonder if it could be the same one that your friend had?

No, it isn't the same gun.

 

[Rebforever]

I think it's a very nice decorative addition to the rifle likely created by a simple set of dividers and a few minutes of time by someone. I'd be proud to own such. Though, I would like to see how she looks after a half dozen coats of Kramer's Best.

Does the Kramer's Best have a filler in it?

 

[johan_steele]

Kramers Best - products

It feeds the wood, many drying cracks will disappear. I've not seen it make a cartouche fade or disappear.