forestock patch pictures (wear plate)

[bowkill]

Looking for pictures of guns with patches on the forestock. Like they have been cracked or broke above the ramrod hole.  Seen a gun josh wrightsman done not too long ago , but cant seem to find no pictures now. thanks

[utseabee]

Here is one on an origonal

[smokinbuck]

J Roney, Miamisburg, Ohio.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

On a Isaac Haines styled rifle I built a few years ago, I got the forestock too thin along the bottom, and consequently pierced the stock when I did some relief carving behind the endry pipe.  The fix was to cut away the thin fragile wood, and cover it with a 'wear plate' of brass, to match the rest of the rifles furniture. 

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Here's another one, on a Hawken rifle.

[T*O*F]

New York rifle.  I think it's for decoration, as the gun has 14 silver and brass inlays.

[far55]

Check out the Upper Susquehanna section of the library, wear plates seem to be pretty standard on a lot of them, Roland

[Robin Henderson]

I haven't built a ton of guns but most have been started from a blank. This little smr was the only one where the drill wandered out of the bottom of the fore arm. Since I was already planning on using some brass escutcheons I used sheet brass for the wear plate as well.

[sdilts]

Here's one I did several years ago. The drill bit took a wrong turn on me.

[Herb]

Here are four I did.  Top is a .45 Leman Trade rifle I built in the Green River Rifle Works shop in a class taught by Greg Roberts in 1978.  He drilled the ramrod hole and the bit came out the bottom of the stock.  So that is a repair I did.  Next a .54 Lancaster, no cover-up.  Then a Jacob Wigle copy, Westmoreland  County, PA.  Some of those rifles had wear plates added as a design feature.  Then my copy of a Thomas Oldham, Bedford County.  Again, a design feature. 

[bowkill]

Here are four I did.  Top is a .45 Leman Trade rifle I built in the Green River Rifle Works shop in a class taught by Greg Roberts in 1978.  He drilled the ramrod hole and the bit came out the bottom of the stock.  So that is a repair I did.  Next a .54 Lancaster, no cover-up.  Then a Jacob Wigle copy, Westmoreland  County, PA.  Some of those rifles had wear plates added as a design feature.  Then my copy of a Thomas Oldham, Bedford County.  Again, a design feature. 

Done found these pictures and had saved for reference..