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  1. gstubbs

    Butt plate identification

    Regarding the engraved butt plate, there is no screw hole in the tang, but there apears to be a cross pin below it, similar to the way the tang is secured on the Brown Bess. Does that say something about the likely period of manufacture?
  2. gstubbs

    Butt plate identification

    Both of them have a pin going through the stock. It seems that that method of securing the tang was replaced, in some cases, by a screw through the tang. Any idea roughly when that hqappened?
  3. gstubbs

    Butt plate identification

    What feature looks similar? Did the Belgian shotguns of that era use the same lug and pin method to secure the buttplate tang?
  4. gstubbs

    Butt plate identification

    The use of a cross pin through a lug to secure the tang (upper) part of the butt plate seems to be common on muskets of the Revolutionary War era. Was it discontinued by the Civil War?
  5. gstubbs

    Butt plate identification

    The stocks of two firearms have been cut down to make shoulder stocks for two examples of the obsolete tool the "farrier's butteris". This chisel-like tool was used for paring down a horse's hoof prior to shoeing. The farrier held the tool at the grip with one hand, and applied pressure from the...
  6. gstubbs

    Hello from San Diego

    I'm a collector of antique tools, who has strayed into firearms, looking to identify gun components used as a parts of tools.
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