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CAV
12-30-2010, 04:26
Need the help of the minds here. 1 of the used cheek pads I bought from the CMP on the Friday sell a thon came and it is different than anything I have seen before. Sorry no picture yet, but working on it. In description the overall shape is the same as a standard M1 cheek pad. However this one has a slightly smaller cheek pad area (the raised area) and it has sticking all the way around the cheek pad itself. It also has the standard sticking along the outside edge. There are no markings that I can find. Any info would be helpful.
Thanks
Sunray
12-31-2010, 05:34
Their site says they were sold out in November. The new ones are likely reproductions. Gunparts lists new cheek pads at $32.95. Stamped MRT. http://www.gunpartscorp.com/catalog/Detail.aspx?pid=546780&catid=11883
Ernie
12-31-2010, 06:46
I am not an expert on these either but I also got one of those and I am told it is a WWII version. Some supposedly said K Line on them and others didn't. On mine it is sewn all the way around and you can not see the pads on the inside like you can on the other. As it came from CMP I am quite certain it is USGI.
Johnny in Texas
12-31-2010, 07:51
Those are USGI I have seen several with CMP M1D's and M1C's I have speculated that they are late WW2 or late 40's before MRT markings began.
JohnF
12-31-2010, 08:21
Is this the cheek pad you are talking about?

http://www.fototime.com/25F132A8335B394/standard.jpg
patio
12-31-2010, 08:54
Another from the recent CMP offering.

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p164/Patio01/ihc/IMG_1596.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p164/Patio01/ihc/IMG_1597.jpg
CAV
12-31-2010, 09:23
Another from the recent CMP offering.

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p164/Patio01/ihc/IMG_1596.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p164/Patio01/ihc/IMG_1597.jpg

Yes that is it. The one I have the leather is not as dark but the rest matches perfectly. What time period are these?
CAV
12-31-2010, 09:26
Is this the cheek pad you are talking about?

http://www.fototime.com/25F132A8335B394/standard.jpg

Yes that is it. I have never seen one referenced before. This place is great with all the knowledge base available.