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Thanks for all of the info CC!
You mentioned that the formerly available heel and toe plates are not kosher for real Victorian guns-is it just the fact that the new ones are not solid and flat on the underside, or is the shape of the new ones today?
If the modern day shape of the H&T plates is off, do you have some pics or know where we can find pics of what they should look like?
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Well, I can't thank everyone enough! I figured if a guy like me was looking for them, the real artists of wood and steel needed them. I put a basic Fajen Neidner buttplate on my Ruger 10/22 mannilicher stock, and it looks OK, but I've got a piece of very nice walnut going on a Swedish Mauser that really needs the skeleton. Then the LC Smith is next... I'll keep checking the thread for when the production starts up and send Mr. Fewless an order!
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Don't ya just hate the look of those skeleton buttplates? This one on an English hammergun circa 1875 
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Terry, You must have posted that photo last year sometime? I had already made a copy, cut it out and made a pattern ready for 'A rainy day project! Queen Victoria's Gunmakers were nearly as Artistic as to-day Engravers..Somebody Posted another Pic' of a Real'Beaut' Ive made a pattern, for another rainy day project!..Nothing like a well shaped 'Butt' I always enjoy handling them...cc.
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CC, Your right in one,looks like we have the same taste in "butts" This one resides on a 12 ga.HG by Henry Benjamin of 61 1/2 Fore Street, London and appears pretty conventional until disassembled to reveal an triple underbite patent by Thomas Perkes. Will attach a couple pics.Only example I've seen? Any in your travels? Cheers, Terry   
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Terry, I've only seen a Pat.Drawing of that Perkes Bolt.I have a pair of Boss Side-Levers, Perke's Pat Ejectors that are in for Re0Stocking & Re-Forending, Had New London Barrels made also.They are Hammerless,Back-action 12b.The other pair of Boss 12b I re-stocked were Hammer,Ejector, Side-Levers,That was the pair I 'Had trouble with the 'Toe pcs'on the stocks, Heel Pcs. were 'Well&Good' When I figure out this photo bucket situation Illpost some pics of the stocks&forends. The wood was Fabulous. I managed to cut the forend woods from the stock blanks. Do you know anything about this 'Perkes'??I belive he Invented quite a few'Handy Gadgets' I dont think Doug Tate comes onto this DGS.com He might know who he was. ( So much to learn, So little Time) Good photos..X/C
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We have a Holland and Holland with a Perkes triple bolt. Came out of South Africa. The amazing thing about this gun is that the bbls are 26", close to nominal bores, and they have lots of choke!~
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