Neat old tymey stock repair

B. Dudley · 10-01-2012, 10:24 PM

Here is a neat PH that I picked up a month or so ago. It is a 12g. on a No. 2 frame. The gun has honest wear with a nice patina. But I really liked the amount of barrel finish that remained as well as the great condition of the bores and tight lockup.
The neat thing was the old wrist repair with two pieces of brass. The wrist must have been broke through at some time and the owner "fixed" it this way. I think it is cool how it meets the tangs on top and bottom and how all of the screws are finished flush with the brass plates.

Not the first one of these that any of us have seen, I am sure, but it is interesting to look at what people do to keep good guns going.

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OH Osthaus · 10-01-2012, 10:27 PM

neatly done, you will often see repairs done in that manner on the thin wrists of Pennsylvania Rifles.

J. A. EARLY · 10-01-2012, 10:49 PM

Done by a true craftsman, noting how all the screws are timed.

Too bad he was in the wrong craft.

Bill Murphy · 10-02-2012, 08:36 AM

These are known as Selous plates for the White Hunter, Frederick Selous, whose guns were made that way at the factory. I believe a true Selous sideplate was made flush with the wood. The PH is a wonderful piece of work.

Gerald McPherson · 10-02-2012, 10:55 AM

So I guess being screwed up is no always bad? Maybe we may say screwed good or screwed many times over or screwed well?

Just Kidding.

B. Dudley · 10-02-2012, 12:54 PM

Either way, there are a lot of screws in it for sure.

I will most likely hunt with it a bit and maybe think about restocking. One thing is for sure, it never really hurts to have a few beaters around.

MarketHunter · 10-02-2012, 01:23 PM

I love these folky old repairs too, there were guys back then who really knew how to make the best out of a bad situation.

I've got an old English hammer gun that's got a similar kind of repair. I've squirrel hunted with it a few times, it's a classic beater.

DLH

charlie cleveland · 10-02-2012, 07:02 PM

i think the stock fix is great if i had one fixed like that it would be a keeper...i truly like it... charlie

Andy Kelley · 10-02-2012, 08:37 PM

Great find and it is almost a piece of folk art. I think it looks very appealing the way it is and would not restock. Good luck with it!

Robert Delk · 10-03-2012, 12:37 AM

Saw an 1885 Winchester that had similar plates that were inlet flush and partly checkered in a neat design at the Rochester gun show many years ago.