Stock & Furniture
Buttplate
Protects the rear of the buttstock. Tang length and shape are dating features.
Also called
- butt plate
Arms it fits
Documented parts
In stock now
Names recorded
Identification
Notes on the buttplate are still at the bench
Identification notes are written one part at a time, from pieces Butch has had in hand — so this section fills in as he works through the vocabulary rather than all at once. If you are trying to identify a buttplate you already own, he answers those directly at butch@butchsantiquegunparts.com.
Vocabulary
Other names for the buttplate
The same component has been called different things by different makers, manuals and trades. Each term is printed with whatever is recorded about where it comes from.
- butt plate
Fits
Buttplate by model
Will it fit
No interchange recorded yet
Butch Schoeller writes these notes only from parts he has handled. A blank section means nothing has been checked yet — not that everything fits.
From the bench
Availability
Nothing of this type is listed at the moment. Most of this catalog is one-of-a-kind, so stock turns over item by item rather than being restocked — posting a wanted listing is the reliable route, and aggregated requests are what tell Butch which parts to make next.
The reference
Documented examples
1808 North Flintlock Martial Pistol Buttplate
1808 North Flintlock Martial Pistol
1816 North Flintlock Pistol Buttplate
1816 North Flintlock Pistol
1836 Waters Johnson Flintlock Pistol Buttplate
1836 Waters Johnson Flintlock Pistol
1841 Mississippi Rifle Buttplate
1841 Mississippi Rifle
Austrian Weapons Buttplate
Austrian Weapons
British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket Parts Buttplate
British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket
British Enfield Musket Parts Buttplate
British Enfield Musket
British Military Pistol Parts Buttplate
British Military Pistol
British Sea Service Flintlock Pistol Parts Buttplate
British Sea Service Flintlock Pistol
Canadian Rifle Parts Buttplate
Canadian Rifle
Corbeav Flintlock Pistol Brass Stock Hardware Set Buttplate
Corbeav Flintlock Pistol Brass Stock Hardware Set
Corbeav Lock Parts Buttplate
Corbeav Lock
Dutch Beaumont Rifle Parts Buttplate
Dutch Beaumont Rifle
French Corbeav Flintlock Lock Kit Buttplate
French Corbeav Flintlock Lock Kit
J. H. Hall Parts Buttplate
J. H. Hall
Krag Rifle Parts Buttplate
Krag Rifle
L. C. Smith Shotgun Parts Buttplate
L. C. Smith Shotgun
Mauser Parts Buttplate
Mauser
Remington Rolling Block Parts Buttplate
Remington Rolling Block
Rolling Block Rifle Parts Buttplate
Rolling Block Rifle
Sharps Carbine And Rifle Parts Buttplate
Sharps Carbine And Rifle
Spencer Rifle And Carbine Parts Buttplate
Spencer Rifle And Carbine
Swiss Rifle Parts Buttplate
Swiss Rifle
U.S. 1817 Common Rifle Buttplate
U.S. 1817 Common Rifle
U.S. 1855 Harpers Ferry And Springfield Buttplate
U.S. 1855 Harpers Ferry And Springfield
U.S. 45 70 Trapdoor Springfield Buttplate
U.S. .45-70 Trapdoor Springfield
U.S. Krag Rifle Parts Buttplate
U.S. Krag Rifle
U.S. Martial Pistols Buttplate
U.S. Martial Pistols
U.S. Military Flintlock Musket Parts Buttplate
U.S. Military Flintlock Musket
U.S. Military Percussion Rifles And Muskets Buttplate
U.S. Military Percussion Rifles And Muskets
U.S. Model 1816/21 Flintlock Musket Buttplate
U.S. Model 1816/21 Flintlock Musket
U.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket Buttplate
U.S. Model 1835/40 Springfield Musket
U.S. Model 1855 Rifled Musket Buttplate
U.S. Model 1855 Rifled Musket
Winchester Parts Buttplate
Winchester
Check it yourself
Sources
Period and institutional material relevant to this entry. Listed so it can be checked, not as decoration — nothing here has been through expert review yet.
- 1.Ordnance March-April 1924: Vol 4 Iss 23Internet Archive · 1924
- 2.Ordnance July-August 1925: Vol 6 Iss 31Internet Archive · 1925
- 3.Ordnance November-December 1924: Vol 5 Iss 27Internet Archive · 1924
- 4.Regulations of the Ordnance Department of the Confederate States, for the use of troops in the fieldConfederate States of America. War Dept · Richmond, West & Johnston · Duke University Libraries · 1861
- 5.Ordnance September-October 1921: Vol 2 Iss 8Internet Archive · 1921