Under my lifter buttplate

[OH Osthaus]

a buttplate needs to be well supported and if you've not done one, it is not the easiest inletting job. my guess is, as others have thought, is that the paper is a shim to shore up an area where just a little too much wood came off.

[Roundsworth]

I removed the buttplate from my 1898 vintage Marlin repeater and found a neatly folded 1934 small game license. I have heard of this being done in the past, but have wondered why. The only reason I could come up with is for identification in case the gun was stolen. I could imagine the game warden's chagrin when he asks for a license and the hunter asks for a screwdriver!