Nice Butt

[Matt Michael]

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.

[TARNATION !!!]

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.

[Hammer Gun]

There are good examples in the Parker Story forget which volume

[Brush Buster]

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

[Holeshot]

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?

[Autumn Daze]

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.

[PML]

Originally Posted by Dave Suponski

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.

This old thread had some pictures that I really enjoyed. It included a a picture of a grip cap and butt plate with some of that "brown patina". Perhaps Jack can shoot some close pics of the gutta percha on his Parker and post them.

Patrick

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2837

[StubTwist]

Originally Posted by Dave Suponski

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.

I used tooth paste. I think it was Crest Found this idea from vintage car restorers who need to restore the delicate bakelite knobs on the dash. It is a very mild abrasive obviously to use in your mouth. Safe for your teeth, safe for your Parker butt plate.

I'm sure there are other ideas but this worked for me.

[Pa SxS]

Black liquid shoe polish works fine!

[Brush Buster]

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 !!!