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skeleton butt plate

Posted by John Pulis on July 10, 2019, 6:08 am

Did LC offer skeleton butt plates for their guns?

thanks,

John

Re: skeleton butt plate

Posted by Drew Hause on July 10, 2019, 6:28 am, in reply to "skeleton butt plate"

Mike's 1902 Monogram

Surviving Parker Bros. records include orders from Hunter Arms for single skeleton buttplates for $.75 minus a 15% discount for a net charge of $.64.

Different style

Re: skeleton butt plate

Posted by John Pulis on July 10, 2019, 4:52 pm, in reply to "Re: skeleton butt plate"

Drew,

As usual, many thanks. The photos are just what I was looking for. Can i ask where they are stored?

thanks,
John

Re: skeleton butt plate

Posted by Drew Hause on July 10, 2019, 4:58 pm, in reply to "Re: skeleton butt plate"

More images are here John
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/15656750

Re: skeleton butt plate

Posted by Tom Archer on July 12, 2019, 3:00 pm, in reply to "skeleton butt plate"

The Skeleton Butt was an option available on virtually all grades of the Smith gun on customer request throughout the lifetime of the gun works.
As proof I offer a cost schedule from the Hunter Arms engraving department dated 9/19/41 and prepared by Albert Kraus that I stumbled upon in my old files today. Mr. Kraus breaks his cost schedule into two categories; OLD Style and NEW style. The Old Style listed skeleton butts as available in Grades 1 thru A-4 (yes, the A-4 Grade) at an engraving cost of .15 cents for the Grade 1 up to $8 for the A-4 Grade (the A-3 was $3). The New style covered the Ideal Grade thru the Deluxe Grade with engraving shop costs for the Ideal at .15 cents and the Deluxe at $8. And so there is no confusion these quotes represented the engraving shop costs only; this was not the price the company charged the customer to include this option.

Re: skeleton butt plate

Posted by John Pulis on July 13, 2019, 8:20 am, in reply to "Re: skeleton butt plate"

Thanks Drew, thanks Tom. The information available here is above and beyond.

Thanks,
John

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