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Offline Tim May

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Buttplate Question
« on: July 01, 2021, 06:28:49 PM »
Anyone no what school or time
period this buttplate could be
used for ? Thanks Tim



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Offline rich pierce

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Re: Buttplate Question
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2021, 07:05:37 PM »
That one has been around since the 1970s. I’ve seen it called Allentown. With that width and length it’s for a fairly early gun. If annealed also easily modified. It has about zero dome.
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Offline Tim May

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Re: Buttplate Question
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2021, 07:18:33 PM »
Rich, Thanks for the answer it's marked
R. Kern Ligonier. Tim
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Offline rich pierce

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Re: Buttplate Question
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2021, 08:21:53 PM »
I used that buttplate on my first build in 1978. I cut and filed a thumbnail extension on it.



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Offline Tim May

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Re: Buttplate Question
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2021, 09:26:43 PM »
Rich I have one like the thumbnail cast
in now I know what both are used for.
Thanks Tim
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Offline rick/pa

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Re: Buttplate Question
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2021, 10:58:37 PM »
Bob Kern ran a muzzle loading shop in Ligonier, Pa. not far from the fort. IIRC he died around the late 70's early 80's. His daughter tried running it for awhile but it folded soon after Bob's death.
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