✅ SOLVED Sure looks like a butt plate

[Older The Better]

Found this today, it’s brass and perfect size to be a butt plate, also the break at the top would make sense where it would turn and cap the stock. But… never seen a butt plate with a bunch of square holes and it’s a little flat

 

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[releventchair]

My search is crap.

Anyways , here's a repro N.W, Tradegun.
Caught my eye for it's hole positioning vs others. It's more similar to your piece.
And the builder went with square nails. As early ones were hand forged.

NW Trade Gun

 

[Older The Better]

Well there you go haha I searched butt plate several ways and they all had a couple big holes… I’ll have to look closer into northwest trade guns

 

[GoldieLocks]

Are we sure it doesn't go on the bottom of child-size tap shoes?

 

[l.cutler]

I'd say that's a trade gun buttplate, nice!

 

[Older The Better]

Found this picture, it’s similar and found in a similar context… both sites are in se Kansas near the same river different counties though. And of course releventchair was the first to find an exact match

 

[Older The Better]

Any other opinions going once going twice?…. SOLVED.

 

[Older The Better]

An update for any who found similar things, or are curious… according to one of my books it’s likely a Barnett northwest gun.

 

[IDXMonster]

Glancing through the threads I thought “plate” was “pirate” at first….😆

 

[Older The Better]

Nope haven’t dug one of those

 

[Gare]

I also would have to lean towards a Butt Plate

 

[Gare]

Any updates yet ?

 

[Older The Better]

I was pretty satisfied with it being a Barnett trade gun buttplate