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Unread 10-30-2011, 02:13 PM   #1
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I was wondering how many different butt plates Parker made. On my 12 ga hammer made in 1877 the butt plate has a dog with bird in his mouth. Ive seen others with just a dog. Also i'm wondering what material mine is made of.
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Unread 10-30-2011, 02:34 PM   #2
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From what I know, there are at least 5 variations of the dog's head marked Parker Brothers and one marked Parker on Remington Parkers. These are made from hard rubber a.k.a. "gutta percha" Very early guns had a solid steel butt plate and then there is the skeleton steel butt plate used on some higher grades. If memory serves me, there is also a checkered version with no butt plate - just wood?? Stand to be enlightened if there are other variations or any erroneous info here.
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There are good examples in the Parker Story forget which volume
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Some one else ask a similar question a few years back ,it has taken me a while to locate this but I knew I had it in the old hard drive ! Taken from the Parker Serialization Book ! Russ
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The early hammer guns had a plate that is brown instead of black. Like the first photo. Does this mean they are made from a different material?
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Parker butt plates were all made from gutta percha except maybe some of the last Remington plates. some of these early plates have turned a brown hue with age. Some fellas on here have devised some ingeneous ways of restoring the original color.
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Hi Dave ,I know some one will get a kick out of such a stupid question ,BUTTTTTT What exactly is " Gutta Percha " and does anyone know of any other applications for it ? Okay you can laugh now !!!
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More than you may want to know about gutta percha

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There ya go Russ....Thanks for the link Jack!
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Hows that go ,We should learn something new every day , well , just hang around here a while ,YOU WILL !!
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