The wrist area terminology is most likely my fault for any confusion for lack of a better term. Your Use of the term of opposite th lock plate on the flat of area on the stock is probably more appropriate use of terminology for the cartouche. I said wrist area he didn't. I forgot to include a photo of that area of the stock showing the lack of the cartouche. I'll put it up now. Sorry about that.

I forgot to cover the band spring inletting in my last post. I slid the rear and mid bands forward to investigate and everything is definitely square cut.

That was my thoughts on the militia comment as well. I would think that this arm being the most updated and modern version of this arm of its time would have saw federal service and not been given away as a secondary weapon to pawn off on the militias.

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