For what it's worth, I have a twenty-eight gauge VHE ( 211216 ) with a capped pistol grip and a spurred DHBP.
Parker Bros discontinued the spurred butt plate in the 1920's. It's very difficult to know if Parker Bros used a non-spurred butt plate in or around 1906 and I don't think two such guns would determine a 'standard' practice. I think we would need a significantly higher number of guns with like butt plates and stock features.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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