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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Online Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17239 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Weird removable lower prong Oct 26^th, 2025 at 4:29pm	Print Post
	A friend gave me this removable lower prong this morning at the gun show! Not sure if it's homemade, and professionally made? Anyone ever seen anything like it? (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) It attaches to the underside of a buttstock with 4 screws, and has an alignment pin and thumb knob to thread it onto the base when you want a lower prong.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11934 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Weird removable lower prong Reply #1 - Oct 26^th, 2025 at 5:05pm	Print Post
	No I've never seen one before but suspected they were used. Always wondered about this hole close to the butt on Mike Gish's Borchardt. Has a steel ring at the top of the hole and wear marks like something was attached at that point. Hook or leveling plate for BR? To far back for a sling swivel and no sling swivel hole on the forestock. That's a neat little device Vall. Kind of a rough mounting system.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Online Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17239 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Weird removable lower prong Reply #2 - Oct 26^th, 2025 at 5:21pm	Print Post
	Joe, I think when the prong was removed the flat part of the base would aid in benchrest shooting too. The mounting holes for the base are countersunk for flathead wood screws so the head would sit flush and not be above the metal surface.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11934 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Weird removable lower prong Reply #3 - Oct 26^th, 2025 at 5:26pm	Print Post
	Interesting Vall. Hadn't thought of that. Never been real interested in strictly BR rifles as this Borchardt is. Maybe I should make something up so I can use it OH. Whomever made your hook was talented. Looks factory made. My guess is Ideal. Just sent a PM to Chuckster about the Gish mystery hole.
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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Online Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17239 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Weird removable lower prong Reply #4 - Oct 27^th, 2025 at 10:24am	Print Post
	westerner wrote on Oct 26^th, 2025 at 5:26pm: Interesting Vall. Hadn't thought of that. Never been real interested in strictly BR rifles as this Borchardt is. Maybe I should make something up so I can use it OH. Whomever made your hook was talented. Looks factory made. My guess is Ideal. Just sent a PM to Chuckster about the Gish mystery hole. It does look professionally made and came from my friend's father inlaw who passed maybe 20 years ago. He had a bunch of single shot rifles made by famous name makers.

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Chuckster Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2272 Location: Colorado Joined: May 15^th, 2008	Re: Weird removable lower prong Reply #5 - Oct 27^th, 2025 at 12:09pm	Print Post
	Answered Joe's PM. Don't remember the hole. Old age and memory. Chuck


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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 3380 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Weird removable lower prong Reply #6 - Oct 27^th, 2025 at 1:03pm	Print Post
	Wes Turner wrote: Quote: Looks factory made. My guess is Ideal. It looks less than ideal to me. Sorry, I can never let a setup like that pass without a smartass comment.

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