Help with Parker buttplate

[KCordell]

Hi , I'm curious if someone can tell me if this is a repro or if real. Is there any significance to the 2 marking.

thanks in advance.

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[Brian Dudley]

The 2 is for he size. As is 2 frame.

Hard to tell for sure by the photo if it is real. Looks legit.

You can tell by the smell of it if you sand at it. If you know what to smell for that is.

[CraigThompson]

You can tell by the smell of it if you sand at it. If you know what to smell for that is.

So when you sand it what is it supposed to smell like , or rather what fragrance , odor or aroma is it close to ?

[Brian Dudley]

Idk. It smells like an original buttplate.
I can't really think of anything else that is similar.

[Bob Kimble]

Brian, Are the repro and original buttplates made of the same material? If not, maybe the originals absorbed odors over time from gun oil etc.

[Brian Dudley]

No. Different material.

[tom leshinsky]

I think it smells similar to old rubber.

[Rick Riddell]

Bakelite, real distinct odor

[Dean Romig]

The original 'hard rubber' dog's head butt plates were made of just that - hard rubber. It is called gutta percha and is made from the resin of a particular tree, just like real rubber - hence "hard rubber". Bakelite came much later and I can't even say whether Parker Bros. ever even used Bakelite. Though I know some gunmakers used it and I don't know what Remington used on the Parkers they produced - I know they used up the supply they got from Parker Bros. before they started using their own DHBP's without the "Bros." after Parker.

[Larry Stauch]

Are the original DHBP curved or are they flat?

[Brian Dudley]

They are curved. At least on the stocks they are. That is not to say that if one came across a new unfitted factory one from the later period that it may not be flat.