thanks Bob, I kinda figured that after looking at them on a gun sales site.
I talked to him just awhile ago, its the delux stock he 's working on which have the plastic insert and he still claims the he has to get to screws thru the back , just the end of the screw after he pulled the insert off the plastic stock.
Is it possible that they were put in backwards? I'm kinda figuring not, but I hate to dissagree with him as he has over 40 yrs as a smith. He has worked on some air guns but he 's not as versed as others but still with all that experience behind him.