I believe these are the first examples of the 1895 pat'd hickory reinforcing rod we have been shown on the PGCA forums to date of guns other than those with skeleton buttplates where the rod end and sometimes the wood-capped boring closer to the heel to adjust weight of the buttstock is visible without necessitating the removal of the buttplate. Certainly the first example I have ever seen with the patent stamp under the buttplate.
Thanks for the pictures Clint and Chuck.
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