DHE with plastic butt plate?
 

I have recently acquired a 12 ga DHE, I believe it has likely been restocked as the condition of the wood surpasses that of the metal. The butt plate is plastic with a "widow's peak" at the heal. Was this style of butt plate ever used on a Parker?

Thank you.

Yes, that style was used on Parker shotguns but the standard butt treatment for a DHE would have been a skeleton steel buttplate or a recoil pad. Only rarely and by special order only would a hard rubber or "plastic" buttplate have been fitted to the D-grade.

As you suspect, it is most likely a stock replacement. Can you post pictures of it?





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Todd,
You can check the stock wood under the triggerguard to see if the serial number is impressed in the wood along with the grade #. Photos of the stock posted here would yield some informed opinions about the correctness of the stock. If in doubt a letter could be ordered that might or might not answer the
question of originality of the buttplate.
Erick

Thank you for the replys. I suspect it was a well done replacement and am happy with the purchase. It fits me adequately and is a 28" barreled single triggered gun so whether all original or not I bought it to use, as well as admire.

You never know. I have a CHE with a DHBP. It was re-stocked by Remington in Ilion. They used what they had.