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I'm gonna agree with AK and some others here. That looks like a Brown to me. I've had a few of the Brown Winlites and a Pound'r on a pre-64 custom Featherweight and as soon as I saw the pic of the wrist/grip I thought Brown Precision.

I’ll try to post a picture, but rarely are the Bansners this flat on the bottom of the pistol grip. They come out of the mold with a bit of a convexity; and unless someone really works on them, they usually maintain it.

Not sure how well I captured it but -

Thank you! You guys are the greatest and I appreciate all the info.

MPI Dakota model

OP rifle:


Dakota:




Definitely a possibility. I feel like the grip is more open on the mpi and the pg “cap” area a little more elongated but I have far less experience with them and if there were different iterations.

The grip looks way fatter on the MPI. The thing I like about the Brown Precision stocks is their long slender grip. They are pretty comfortable to me.

It looks a lot like a McMillan Winlite.

OP rifle:


Winlite:


Similar, but winlite has no step up at bolt release and does have a step up forward of the ejection port - on both sides.

True. It's hard to see the step up at the bolt release in the OP picture. All of my McMillan Winlites say Winchester on the pad too and the OP said his has a Decelerator pad on it. I guess the pad could have been changed over the years though...

A pre 64 action would not go into a winlite stock without some work to line up the receiver bolts. Not sure if the bolt handle would line up perfectly, or not, as a "drop in".

It’s not a winlite.

Crazy price on that!

OP rifle:


Linked Dakota:




I still think the OP’s rifle has a less open grip and a smaller overall pistol grip profile than the MPI - but it could be the pic.

A full view from the OP and pictures of the inlet would help - if he ever gets time.

More importantly, if the lazy POS ever remembers to do it!

Nice rifle. Hopefully you bought it right. It's probably a shooter too.

Bringing this one back to the top. Life is a learning process, and I try my best to acknowledge when I’m incorrect. After looking at a bunch of my browns - and some other stocks that have come up since this original thread - I’m going to change my response and agree with 338. I think that this is most likely an mpi; not brown.