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February 17, 2022
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I am in need of a “rubber shotgun butt ” plate for a Model 1894 mgf 1904. anyone? Homestead only has reproductions. would prefer original. Some wear is ok. Just not in pieces please.
January 20, 2023
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Were we too rough on the original? That stuff [“Bakelite” to an old ham radio operator] gets brittle with age.
- Bill
WACA # 65205; life member, NRA; member, TGCA; member, TSRA; amateur preservationist
"I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first." -- David Balfour, narrator and protagonist of the novel, Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
June 26, 2013
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If I were you I would try Mr. Don Furr from this forum post if he’s still around:
Don
February 17, 2022
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Zebulon said
Were we too rough on the original? That stuff [“Bakelite” to an old ham radio operator] gets brittle with age.
No,no, nothing like that. I have a1894 deluxe that letters with that butt plate. currently wearing a metal one that’s checkered.
January 20, 2023
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Tom,
Getting a real one that doesn’t underlap the face of the Walnut butt will be the real trick, since the factory shaped the stock with buttplate installed. Something you didn’t need me to tell you.
How good is the appearance of the replacement steel plate? Does it look “original” -‘ i.e. fit accurately? Like it was professionally done?
I recall Venturino relating how he shattered a hard rubber buttplate on a subzero day in the mountains. He fell, the gun struck a rock in the snow, and the plate disintegrated.
Not to tell you what to do with your own but, if the rifle were mine and the steel.plate looked factory and was a “correct” option for the gun, I’d hesitate to substitute a reproduction plastic plate. The present plate likely replaced a broken original part and the owner decided to make sure it didn’t happen again. That would be a legitimate part of the gun’s history.
If the steel plate is unsightly, that’s another matter.
And you do need to show pictures to your friends.
- Bill
WACA # 65205; life member, NRA; member, TGCA; member, TSRA; amateur preservationist
"I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first." -- David Balfour, narrator and protagonist of the novel, Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
February 17, 2022
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Zebulon said
Tom,
Getting a real one that doesn’t underlap the face of the Walnut butt will be the real trick, since the factory shaped the stock with buttplate installed. Something you didn’t need me to tell you.
How good is the appearance of the replacement steel plate? Does it look “original” -‘ i.e. fit accurately? Like it was professionally done?
I recall Venturino relating how he shattered a hard rubber buttplate on a subzero day in the mountains. He fell, the gun struck a rock in the snow, and the plate disintegrated.
Not to tell you what to do with your own but, if the rifle were mine and the steel.plate looked factory and was a “correct” option for the gun, I’d hesitate to substitute a reproduction plastic plate. The present plate likely replaced a broken original part and the owner decided to make sure it didn’t happen again. That would be a legitimate part of the gun’s history.
If the steel plate is unsightly, that’s another matter.
And you do need to show pictures to your friends.
Unfortunately the current metal plate is not correct for the time period of this gun Bill. And it is not well fit. I don’t have pictures of the butt plate…But I do have one of the gun. I think I posted before but here is a little drooly for you
March 31, 2009
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Call Don Furr and tell him what you need. Even if you find an original that does not mean it will fit perfectly.
https://www.coltforum.com/threads/colt-grips-and-repairs-don-furr.393499/
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