[QUOTE=Bruce P Bruner;400007]The letter made no mention of butt plate preference. I can point out another 1882 Grade 3 with a Dogs Head Butt Plate. It’s a Puglisi listing. I wonder if the Skeleton Plate was as standard as we are led to believe.
The skeleton steel butt plate was most definitely the standard for the Grade 3 and higher. But Parker Bros would do just about anything (within reason and good taste) by request.
My 1880 16 gauge Lifter was made with thd standard skeleton butt plate but was sent back to Parker to replace it with a hard rubber plate.
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