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Unread 04-07-2015, 10:57 PM   #1
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While taking down "Buster" my grade 2 10 gauge hammer gun I decided to remove the butt plate and see if anything was there. Pictured is what I found.
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Might be David Trevallion, Trevallion Gunstocks of South Berwick, ME. 03908
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Yep. That's what I was thinking.
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After reading a few blogs in this forum regarding finding old hunting licenses and such in the
balance holes under butt plates, I used my investment in a set of correct screw-drivers to look under the plates of my small collection of Parkers and found just dust. However, I'll still keep looking...

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Give David a ring------207-704-0450----he may remember working on the gun & what he did. David has a good memory.
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Give David a ring------207-704-0450----he may remember working on the gun & what he did. David has a good memory.
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Cool! I keep looking for at least an old hunting license or maybe an emergency $50 bill under the butt plates on guns I get. So far, no luck...
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Give David a ring------207-704-0450----he may remember working on the gun & what he did. David has a good memory.

Right! Because you'll probably never be able to find any evidence of a repair he might have made to it.
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This is just me but I'd kinda rather not have the name of someone who repaired my gun scratched into it.
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on the underside of the buttplate?

IMHO- it adds interest to the history of the gun
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