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Offline Ky-Flinter

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What school or maker is this butt plate? - #1
« on: September 16, 2018, 12:12:05 AM »
I need some help.  I've looked thru all my reference books and I haven't been able to identify this butt plate.  It has a thumbnail finial on the heel, so I thought maybe Peter Niehardt, but the Neihardt's in my books have a round thumbnail, not pointed like this one.  John Shuler also used a round thumbnail, and the toe of the Shuler butt plates kicks out way past 90 degrees, where this butt plate is right at 90 degrees.  If it weren't for the thumbnail, I would think maybe early Lancaster or Christian's Spring.  Any ideas?  Thanks.

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Offline rich pierce

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Re: What school or maker is this butt plate? - #1
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2018, 03:08:43 AM »
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Re: What school or maker is this butt plate? - #1
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2018, 04:04:03 AM »
that looks like reaves' shuler/weiker bucks casting.  used it on my first build.
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Re: What school or maker is this butt plate? - #1
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2018, 05:22:21 AM »
Quote from: mark esterly on September 16, 2018, 04:04:03 AM
that looks like reaves' shuler/weiker bucks casting.  used it on my first build.

Same here, used that BP on my first build, 1978.
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