butlersrangers wrote on Oct 4^th, 2018 at 9:58pm:

How about an inside view of the butt-plate?

The butt plate is about .08" thick (it tapers at the edges), which matches the dimension Joe Poyer gives in his book. I haven't been able to find when they changed the screw type.  Did they change the screw being used when they changed to the toed butt plate?  Maybe this is right for originally issued with a round headed screw, which was then 'improved' to a flat screw. 

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