I havn't found anything yet. But I check every one that comes home..

One of our members showed me a Fox he had purchased. When he removed the butt plate, stamped in the end of the stock was inscribed "This stock was custom built for Ted Williams". A wonderful treasure indeed!

I have a solid rib model 12 that I tried to get the stock bolt out of. Someone had rolled all of his hunting permits, and his wifes also, and stuck in the stock. I had them all laminated to preserve them. They are from the 20's and 30's.

I had a 20 Ithaca NID with a rolled up note putting a curse on anyone who sold the gun. I believe it was on a hardware store bill from Clevland OH, the phone # had only 5 digits.
I also had a 20g M21 with someones WWII draft card under the plate.
The note and card were in the guns when I resold them.

Hi Dave ,Haven't run into you in a while . Hope all is well ,I don't believe ,I would have cared much for that curse thing !:eek: Russ

Live and learn.... I've never checked under a butt plate. I'm sure at least one of my Parkers has the stocked hollowed and is full of gold doubloons....

A friend of mine has an old Hammer double with a brazed hammer repair. It fits the make and descriiption that Nash Buckingham gave of his early double. When we took the steel buttplate off it had NB scratched on it in about 2 inch high letters.

I hope the smith doing the face lift on my hammer gun don't peek, probably nothing but that is some neet stuff you fellowes are telling.

There is some very old time strick Catholic's up here in Newfoundland .I did'nt see a direct connection as well.

So is there a St.for everything you do? And what is a St, whats his job? just wondering not trying to be disrespectable.