OTTOMAN GUNSTOCK MYSTERY

[rickystl]

Gentlemen: Thank you all for your responses. Much appreciated.

Hi Kubur: Happy New Year to you also ! And to others here.
Some interesting suggestions you offer here. Hmmm. The leather recoil pad would make sense. But I've never really seen one of these used on an Ottoman style gun, like you do on the Arab/Omani style guns. The wall/rampart idea is possible. But these are usually, as you mention, the very heavy barrel wall guns with the wide/thick stocks.

Hi Grendolino: Yes, I know exactly what you are saying with the rear of the butt stocks often being made in sections, and decorated as you mentiond. But in this case (and others that I have handled and seen in reference material) has a butt plate nailed to the stock. And the patina of the brass matches the rest of the brass decoration exactly. So this short stock gun was made this way.

Hi Estcrh: See pic below of the short stock gun with the brass butt plate.
Also the butt of the first gun with the full length butt stock with no evidence there ever was a butt plate. Which would have possibly kept the crack in the stock from forming.

Rick.