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Originally Posted by Tom Underwood
I have a DH that has a horned, plain steel BP . It just does not look right to me however it fits perfectly and there are no extra holes in the stock. The screws are not engraved and there is no serial number on the plate. LOP is 14 1/4" to the plate. Did Parker make a plain steel plate? Serial # 81869
Thanks, Tom
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The Parker serialization book (page 44) states that solid steel butt plates were used until about 1878 on Grade 2 and lower. Your D3 was made in 1895, so I would say it's from another shotgun.
Bill