Originally Posted By: Michael Petrov
Most of the pre-war Shelhamer rifles I have seen have it.

Looks like the "Niedner" buttplate to me. When they were made at Niedners if they showed color after hardening they were left that way, if not they were blued.


Did I read that he made buttplates by cutting them out of steel pipe and hammer shaping them?

Last edited by Ryan McNabb; 07/01/12 11:05 PM.