Mr. Hallquist:

From what I've scanned recently, it seems that some custom makers have made butt-plates from old radios of Bakelite. I can't say either way but this new text, "Polymers & People" from 2005 touts Bakelite as a butt-plate material: http://books.google.com/books?id=4Lleak5...tes&f=false

Kind Regards,

Raimey
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