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Marlene Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 272 Joined: Oct 30^th, 2015	Stevens buttplate? Nov 5^th, 2017 at 11:56am	Print Post
	I seem to remember hearing somewhere that one of the Stevens crescent plates was interchangeable with the small Swiss plate they used for the Model 45. Can anyone confirm this? Can anyone tell me the name or size designation of the crescent plate in question?


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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: Stevens buttplate? Reply #1 - Nov 5^th, 2017 at 12:02pm	Print Post
	No.2 Swiss, but I would not count on it fitting perfectly without some fitting--that's why plates were usally numbered to match the rcvr.


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3897 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Stevens buttplate? Reply #2 - Nov 5^th, 2017 at 12:39pm	Print Post
	I tried that once. The plate size was OK but the curve against the stock was entirely different. I like the small Swiss anyway.


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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7283 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Stevens buttplate? Reply #3 - Nov 5^th, 2017 at 1:13pm	Print Post
	oneatatime wrote on Nov 5^th, 2017 at 12:39pm: I tried that once. The plate size was OK but the curve against the stock was entirely different. I like the small Swiss anyway. I have also tried it and in my case the butt plate stands very proud of the stock. The stock can be fitted to the plate but, you won't be able to put the standard plate back on w/o voids be obvious. Best to get a repro stock to fit one onto. Frank

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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: Stevens buttplate? Reply #4 - Nov 5^th, 2017 at 3:33pm	Print Post
	I think the company that tried hardest to make parts truly interchangeable, without any hand fitting, was Winchester, but even they failed as often as they succeeded, as I discovered long ago by attempting to upgrade various worn parts.


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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: Stevens buttplate? Reply #5 - Nov 5^th, 2017 at 3:37pm	Print Post
	oneatatime wrote on Nov 5^th, 2017 at 12:39pm: I tried that once. The plate size was OK but the curve against the stock was entirely different. I like the small Swiss anyway. So did I, with the same results, not to add a Swiss plate, but to replace one with the standard crescent plate on a 45; I'm a prong-hater.


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3897 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Stevens buttplate? Reply #6 - Nov 5^th, 2017 at 3:46pm	Print Post
	That's what I was trying to do but I've grown attached to the prongs.


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Marlene Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 272 Joined: Oct 30^th, 2015	Re: Stevens buttplate? Reply #7 - Nov 5^th, 2017 at 6:05pm	Print Post
	Thanks guys. Just trying to figure out the least distance to making this thing work on the bench a little better. I like the swiss for offhand, but not on the bags. I was figuring I'd fit the new plate to the stock rather than the usual other way round. Sounds like they aren't as close to interchangeable as I had understood. Oh well. Much happier to be steered right here than put work and money in to finding out the hard way.


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