Buttplate ID help please

[KCordell]

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

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn128/code337/01883D96-A0E0-402E-A989-5B74B32CAF95-2416-000001A38FE80F9B_zps154194f9.jpg (http://s303.photobucket.com/user/code337/media/01883D96-A0E0-402E-A989-5B74B32CAF95-2416-000001A38FE80F9B_zps154194f9.jpg.html)

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn128/code337/DC1F3A0F-1BCD-4025-9CA5-972D48B4D384-2416-000001A379B7C43F_zps98d710ed.jpg (http://s303.photobucket.com/user/code337/media/DC1F3A0F-1BCD-4025-9CA5-972D48B4D384-2416-000001A379B7C43F_zps98d710ed.jpg.html)

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

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

[Dean Romig]

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]

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]

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

[KCordell]

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]

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

[Eric Eis]

You can't buy a repo for ten bucks!