Help needed on type II recoil plate

[Bill Hollinger]

Fellas, I sold a type II recoil plate to an eBay buyer and he was not pleased with it. A refund was sent today so we should be all good.

My question is, the buyer said he sees an "S" and another figure on the top just forward of the screw hole. My problem with this is I can't see a thing no matter how hard I look with magnification or not. If you hold it just right you can make out a discoloration that could be seen as a partial S I suppose. There is the wear pattern of a narrow tanged receiver. Looking at WB I see where Ruth lists the type II for an SG as "very few if any used". What do you guys think? Do I have some very rare type II recoild plate for a Saginaw Gear? All the others are pretty clear as to how and where they are marked. I'm only posting links so they remain their original large size.

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[Tired Retired]

Bill,

Sorry, I can make out anything. Maybe if you rub it with some white chalk and then blow off the extra something may appear. Staring at that reminds me of those color blind tests the eye doctor gives me. If I stare at it long enough, I can see just about any curvy shape.

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

I enlarged it, in stages, up to 600%

Looks like milling marks to me. But if you play the "What do you see in the clouds" game you could make it be anything. One angle with the right light almost looks like a big W.

If a person was going to use it as is, or repark it, would change things too.

[Bill Hollinger]

Thanks guys for the comments.

[emmagee1917]

...in the first pic at 400% I can make out the S and the W. I believe they are light/shadow images and not true stamps. In the 2nd , I see niether.
Chris

[Wulf]

Bill, you just cannot please some people. Maybe he had buyers remorse.

[Bruce McAskill]

...in the first pic at 400% I can make out the S and the W. I believe they are light/shadow images and not true stamps. In the 2nd , I see niether.
Chris

Ah Ha the Ultra rare Smith and Wesson type 2 recoil plate made fresh in sunny Southern California early last week.

[painter777]

At the small gun shows we have around here. You see the sellers cringe when they see the 'CARBINE GUYS' coming in.
Been told......... Carbine collectors are the hardest to please.
Sure I'm not the first to have heard this.

Cheers,
Charlie-painter777

[painter777]

Bill,
Wonder what that guy would see in either of these ?
Thought we'd get his head really spinning......

A Good Weekend to All,
Charlie--painter777

A beater SG with a possible letter above? Or just Rust pitting?



Did he happen to be looking for a Buttplate?

[Bill Hollinger]

Bruce, what do you think really? Smith & Wesson, that was good!