Big Surprise under the Buttplate

Keavin Nelson · 06-22-2018, 08:57 AM

:Neat, I wonder how many butt plates will be looked at now?......

Double Lab · 06-22-2018, 09:42 AM

Could they be Parker employees?

B. Dudley · 06-22-2018, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

Could they be Parker employees?

No. The one legible date is 2 years after it was made.

Paul Mazan · 06-22-2018, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

Could they be Parker employees?

Probably not. The gun was built in 1890 and the buttplate is inscribed 1892. Also on the wood I can make out the words Texas and New Mexico. I'm guessing they were putting down where thy were from.