This is A NEW crescent metal buttplate for the early Winchester 1886 RIFLE. The Winchester 1886 RIFLE used this buttplate prior to serial number 550,000 (October of 1903 the change was adopted from the long tang to the short tang). It comes in the "white"- not blued and without screw holes. Options files are available to remove the chunk of metal that most other companies leave on, and another option is available to remove the extra metal on the seam. You can purchase this buttplate with these two features taken off, and the surface sanded, or you can save yourself some money and do this finishing yourself. The countersunk holes will have to be drilled. You will have to do the final fine sanding and to blue it. It is an exact replica of the original buttplate issued by the Winchester factory.
