Buttplate ID help please

KCordell · 08-21-2013, 11:11 PM

Hi Forum,

I found this in a local shop...wish the rest of the gun was attached to it but alas...

Anyway, can someone help me determine what grade or weight this was made for? Should I assume the "2" means "2" frame??

Thanks,

kc

Hammer Gun · 08-22-2013, 06:35 AM

Looks like a 1900 vintage, probably off a V,P,G grade, hammerless gun, Gary

Dean Romig · 08-22-2013, 08:01 AM

What year did Parker Bros. eliminate the spur on the buttplate? I think it was well after 1900... I think the pictured one is from the mid to late 1920's

Yes, the 2 is the frame size.

Bill Murphy · 08-23-2013, 08:29 AM

Nice looking probably twenties vintage #2 frame buttplate as Dean says. Not many #2 frame Parkers in the thirties. It's a valuable buttplate if original. Buy it. Unfortunately, I am not an authority on identifying repro buttplates.

edgarspencer · 08-23-2013, 09:04 AM

It's the same as the one on my 1928 New VH.

KCordell · 08-23-2013, 09:22 AM

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I did in fact pick it up as it was so cheap I couldn't resist. $10. I'm pretty sure though it's real.

edgarspencer · 08-23-2013, 10:21 AM

I'm sure you're right, Ken. I have never seen that one reproduced. Head only, yes, but not the one with fore legs.

Opening Day · 08-23-2013, 10:56 AM

You can't buy a repo for ten bucks!