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Conor:
Like Rothhammer I am not particularly familiar with the post-1950 models, but I believe your rifle may be a full-wood carbine that has had the stock shortened. The placement of the forward screw, where a sling stirrup might be located, and the short barrel, suggest this (to me), in which case the rosewood tip might not be original.

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I wondered the same about the forend screw until I looked close at the image from Stoeger, 1962: