Butt Plate Surprise

[edgarspencer]

Open up the back dust cover of your Grandpa's pocket watch and you'll see lots of chicken scratch. It was standard practice for watchmakers to leave their 'mark' when servicing a watch.

[Mike Franzen]

I have my grandfathers pocket watch. He was a railroader with the B&O. Brian I've wondered about that splice too. Any opinions as to why it was done in the first place? I'll bet the previous owner did scratch the name into the plate.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Mike Franzen

I have my grandfathers pocket watch. He was a railroader with the B&O. Brian I've wondered about that splice too. Any opinions as to why it was done in the first place? I'll bet the previous owner did scratch the name into the plate.

I knew that. That is why I suggested looking inside his watch.

[Fishtail]

Parkers are like women. I know someone else used them before me - that's fine - but I don't need to their name added as a reminder.

[Mike Franzen]

Edgar you are amazing. I should be consulting you about the future.

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by greg conomos

Parkers are like women. I know someone else used them before me - that's fine - but I don't need to their name added as a reminder.

Great comparison Greg. You should use that as your signature on your posts.

[Jerry Parise]

Perhaps, a previous owner cut the stock off to use the gun with only a pistol grip for defense purposes. The original back end or a facsimile was put back on at a later date.

[Dean Romig]

I doubt it... generally when that is done to an old double the barrels are shortened too.

[Gerald McPherson]

I once found a hunting permit from 1918 under the butt plate of a 1917 20ga.The permit was for South Carolina. It was very yellow and brittle so I laminated and put it back inside. Sometime latter I sold the gun to a friend. His home was broken into and he lost it..

[Gunner]

Wasn't there a chapter written on Trevallion doing a "butt transplant" some years ago? Was it MacIntosh who wrote it? Maybe why Trevallion's name is under the plate.
It was done to save cost of inletting the head of the stock when the original was intact.
I have the opposite situation on a French ou where the head of the stock was replaced and the balance of the stock was transplanted. Go figure. Maybe I should check under the butt plate on that one.
Erick