Ortolan....Brilliant!!!I have a collection of 'Stuff" I have found under Butt-Plates& Pistol Caps. Some of the neatest things I've found have been the names of the Stockers, I;ve made'Pulls"(smoke-black and scotch tape, then put on white card) Dallas used one or two,I think, In his'Purdey'Book.To me its Gunmaking history. Some of my earliest'Pulls" are from the Duelling pistol period & Purdey no 208 c 1819,Greener c 1829,Boss when he was stocking for Purdey c 1829, Some of my Colt pistol-grip collection is 'Most Interesting'I have A H FoxNo 121, Im restocking "back to original" the stock that was on the gun has names written in pencil that are not 'Real'. Back in the 'Dark-Days' at Purdeys 1953-1960.My 'Gaffer' Bill O'Brien,took off a steel pistol cap from a Double Rifle, very old...It had a Half-Sovereign with a hole drilled through it under the Cap...We always wondered about that one. Bill put it backunder the cap.I think it was dated around 1850. C/C
