Any thoughts on this numbered buttplate?

Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Numbered Buttplate
Collapse
X
-
The measurements of the buttplate are as follows:
Distance from the bottom of the upper screw hole to the top of the lower screw hole = 2.4665 inches
Distance from the bottom of the lower screw hole to the tip of the toe = 0.9980
I should note two other things:
1. This buttplate fits absolutely perfectly on my unmodified SPG stock.
2. I examined the inside area of the plate, and it's very smooth compared to the two repros that I have in my trash parts box. The number has ever-so-small raised areas around the numbers and a light outline of where a stamping die made the impression. I thought that was interesting.
Thanks for any help.Welcome to the Addiction!
-
👍 2
Comment
-
-
Your measurements check-out with known original solid butt plates.
SA without drawing number = 2.466 bottom of screw hole to toe = 1.00
SA withdrawing number = 2.475 bottom of screw hole to toe = 1.05
Winchester = 2.453 bottom of screw hole to toe = .98
There were fakes that had the two screw holes too close together which require a larger bottom hole
in order to angle the long screw downward to reach the swivel and hope you did not cross thread your
long screw. I understand there are some much better examples of fake solid butt plates that have
surfaced, even with a drawing number next to W.R.A.
-
👍 4
Comment
-
-
Robert,
Thank you very much for your detailed information.
I have seen only one example of a faked numbered buttplate, and it did in fact have the WRA next to the drawing number.
The sad.....very sad actually......thing about that example was that the buttplate was a real unnumbered plate that had been laser engraved with the fake WRA and drawing number. To do that on a repro is one thing, but to basically ruin a real solid plate is just a travesty.
At any rate, thanks again for your information.
--BrianWelcome to the Addiction!
-
👍 1
Comment
-
-
Help! I have a smooth Garand butt plate, no numbers, no markings. It fits well on both of my Garands.
The question is whether it's a repo or original. Since there are no markings, I found your description of the hole spacing interesting. The problem is that my dimensions are close, but not quite.
The center-to-center distance of the screw holes is 2.692" and from the bottom edge of the lower hole to the toe is 0.986"
I used c-to-c because there is a small ding on the bottom of the upper screw hole of about .02". From the top of the bottom hole to the bottom of the top hole measures 2.428". If I allow for the ding, it could be 2.448. That's close enough to the dimensions you cite to be a maybe and far enough to be less than certain.
Are there other dimensions I should check?
I'm expecting that it's probably a repo, but I wouldn't mind good news.
Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all.
Comment
-
Comment