carved butt plate

[BobinSouthVA]

Is this a butt plate for a rifle? It is much thinner than any I've found thus far. If so any ID and time range?

Also, I believe it is carved. Can anyone make that out?

Thanks for looking

 

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[d2]

Looks like one that has been made into something else, maybe a scraper if it has a sharper edge on the sides...d2

 

[ikesdad]

Yep, a buttplate and it appears that someone scratched their initials into it. The second letter looks like a "B". First possibly a "T" ?

 

[BobinSouthVA]

Yep, a buttplate and it appears that someone scratched their initials into it. The second letter looks like a "B". First possibly a "T" ?

Any Ideas on the make and model, or year?

 

[BosnMate]

I've heard tales that the American Indian has been known to remove butt plates to be used as hide scrapers.

 

[ikesdad]

Any Ideas on the make and model, or year?

None. there are and were so many different dimensions and variations.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

That's a pretty cool one, the style of the engraving makes me think maybe early 1800's ish. Id-ing any more than that is going to be nearly impossible though