oldcrankyyankee said
At what point did Winchester stop putting crescent butt plates on 1886’s. Investigating an 86 circa 1920 in 33 wcf with one. I would have thought they would have gone to the wayside at that point.  

  

Steel Crescent butt plates were available until the bitter end of the Mode 1886 production.  Currently, S/N 158568 is the highest confirmed 33 WCF rifle with a crescent (rifle) butt plate.

While the standard butt plate for the 33 WCF rifles was the black hard rubber w/logo, a steel crescent and steel shot gun butt plates (both smooth and checkered) were available for those that wanted them.  I will discuss this in further detail in the article discussing the late production Model 1886 rifles.

Bert