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03-29-2010, 02:43 PM
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Dave,
I believe from past discussions it's the size and location that determine if the plugs are for weight (appx. 1" dia.) or reinforcement rods (appx. 9/16" dia.) Below is a pic of a C grade with two 1" diameter holes presumably for balance. |
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03-29-2010, 10:36 PM
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Brilliant!!
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03-29-2010, 10:39 PM
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Patent No. 545,898
Dave, do you have the verbiage of this patent? Does it indicate the diameter of the reinforcing rod? The rod/dowell/plug in my DH measures .725" and is at the correct position in the butt to run forward through the wrist into the head of the stock. The width of the wrist of my stock is 1 1/8" and the height is 1 5/8" which certainly is large enough to accomodate a hickory rod of .725" The plug closer to the heel of mine is also 7/8" or .87" . Last edited by Dean Romig; 03-29-2010 at 10:53 PM.. |
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03-30-2010, 05:41 AM
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Would a Xray show anything ? Oh God I wonder if we could put this through to have insurance pay with our up and coming HEALTHCARE
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03-30-2010, 07:04 AM
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I think I do Dean.Will check later today.
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"Much care is bestowed to make it what the Sportsman needs-a good gun"-Charles Parker |
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03-30-2010, 07:33 AM
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Next time I go in for an MRI, I will try to carry the back end of a Parker in with me.
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03-30-2010, 10:02 AM
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I think this is what you are looking for. If you have trouble reading it here, I found it at this web link http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=JyR0AAAAEBAJ&dq=545898 which may be easier to read.
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03-30-2010, 11:48 AM
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I think, from reading the patent, that we can deduce a couple of things, one being that it is possible and quite likely that guns of different frame sizes may have had "strengthening rods" of different diameters inserted. Further, that the hickory was a lighter, less dense wood and the use of this rod in a gunstock likely necessitated boring an additional hole to add weight - hence the two plugs of different sizes we often see. Also, the verbiage of the patent indicates that stocks with cross grain at the "neck" were the candidates for the strengthening rod (but the possibility exists that this feature may have also been used on smaller frame guns).
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1896 DH 2 frame both plugs measure 7/8" in diameter. No reinforcing rod here.Will somebody please run up to Meriden ask about this stuff....
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