Too bad somebody thought it would be "smart" to tap those plugs deeper into the buttstock.
Yes, those are for the addition or reduction of weight to balance the gun.
The checkering pattern of the checkered butt is one of the two popular designs in use by Remington on the checkered butt Parkers they were making.
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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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