My Kennedy butt stock has July 1837 Engraved on the total plate.
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Toe Plate on your rifle
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Here's a picture of the toe plate.
SNoopy22
32 Cal
I would think the toe plate had many uses..tapping with foot sure why not...protects that piece of stock that chip easy. ...keep the stock together smacking one of Santa Anna's troops on the head coming over the wall Etc. I've allways do like you do a couple taps on the side and onto the ball.
Several originals had them. Just attend an antique arms show for proof if you need it..
Was this gun made in Greenhill Alabama or in N. Carolina?
Thanks for posting
As too the OP like many others have said…
I’ve always heard toe plates were installed too protect the buttstock from chipping…
I can’t recall them being referred to as kick plates..
Too many parts were lost to determine the exact identity of the maker. It has been confirmed that the architecture of the buttstock is that of the Kennedy family of gunsmiths by the six pointed hunter's star inlay. The triggers were marked Fehr and are also of North Carolina provenance.Was this gun made in Greenhill Alabama or in N. Carolina?
Thanks for posting
As too the OP like many others have said…
I’ve always heard toe plates were installed too protect the buttstock from chipping…
I can’t recall them being referred to as kick plates..
Thanks for the reply
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