Carolina gun buttplate

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I'm building myself a Carolina Gun, closely based on the old "TR gun" and the parts from the Yuchi burial gun.  Some years back, somebody had nice photographs of an original "type G" buttplate, illustrating a build of a similar gun.  I think this was posted by a "Curtis" and the buttplate was owned by Jack Brooks,  believe.  If any of you out there has a paper template you could photo or scan, with a scale or accurate measurements, I'd appreciate it.  As mine is based on the TR gun, not a copy - I am using he stock profile from it, but I want the buttplate to be more like that recovered plate.  Many thanks!

[Mike Brooks]

here's a couple pages of what you're looking for.
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Gunmaker/library/carolina%20parts?sort=3&page=1

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Many thanks, Mike - several years of internet searches haven't turned up anything quite so useful.  I am struck by the graceful tapering with the somewhat pointed bottom - not so different than the TR buttplate after all.   Thanks for sharing - and I suppose this would benefit others out there too.