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I bought a model R 99 and in the butt stock was an envelope with the names of the owners from the buyer in 1953 and the years other people owned it plus the original rear sight

One of my Savage pistols came in the original box with two NY State pistol permits from the 1930's.

Still have them.

Swiss K31, 1947, owner tag under butt plate.

I have found name and address in a 22HP, could not track down the old owner .
spare 303 SAV round and a piece of para cord in an old 303 carbine .
a hunting licence cant remember the gun.

norm

I've found several different things inside Savage rifle stocks.

Rolled up paper with a name and address.
Matches wrapped in waxed paper
Candle stubs
A Marble's auxiliary chamber, 32 S&W in 303 Savage
Fishing line and hooks wrapped in a aluminum foil

About half the time there was a piece of rubber inner tube cut to fit between the buttplate and the stock.

When I lived in NH, I bought a 23A that had had 3 holes drilled into the stock and were filled with what amounted to a period survival kit.

I inherited a breakdown 410 from my grandfather that had a 1929 hunting license rolled up in the buttstock. It was issued for Stoddard County, MO. Cost was 1.00, a lot of money back then.

I wonder if the licenses were for their current year or was it their lucky license carried for continued good luck?

These are fun stories! The only thing I ever found in a butt stock was a sweet 358RS that arrived with a cracked wrist and a huge dent in the butt stock..., not a fun story. Happy New Year everyone!

Slightly off topic, but I remember reading somewhere that a person was cutting wood somewhere and found a "possibles bag" inside of a large dead tree.

Well heck, this is fun. Gonna have to pull the butt pads off a bunch of rifles now.

Eric

I have had several finds the most memorable, name and date carved under but plate sav 1899 matching year of manufacture so probably original owner, a canadian bear tag under a pre war model 70 but plate, but by far the most exciting a custom skinning knife made by a very tallented stock maker found in my one of a kind 99 in 260 remington.

I picked up a pre 64 model 70 in 300 Winchester mag. When I took her out of the stock for cleaning under the recoil lug was a folded piece of paper. Was a filled Montana Elk license. Was issued to a Mr Alan Lane from Billings Montana in 1978! I cleaned rifle and put it back where I found it. Rifle shoots very well so I bet it killed a lot of elk in its history. Hopefully someone else will enjoy this treasured rifle when I pass it on. I have pictures of license and rifle if anyone would like to post them, just PM a phone number and I will text them. I also found a homemade bill of sale under a butt plate of a Win Model 52 HB in 22LR made in 1931. Had seller and buyers name and addresses and date 1955. Both from New Jersey. I also cleaned rifle and put it back where I found it. Happy New year!!

For fathers day and our 50th wedding anniversary my wife bought me from Fug the most beautiful 1899 250/3000 and under the buttstock was a Marbles cartridge extractor in its original wrapper.

You are a lucky dog. I came home empty handed. I did see, however, some beautiful. 110 P's and PE's that I never knew existed. Happy New Year, George and Kathy.

I did find a paper with a name on it inside one of mine. I searched the name and found he had passed. I don't remember now but I want to say we got in touch with his family, but I could be wrong, was a long time ago.

Oh my! That is beautiful!

Never had any Luck finding stuff under a butt plate! I bought a Savage 220 16 gage last week, and yes I did look!

Thars GOLD in them there but stocks boys! Really. I purchased a 99 in 250-3000 off of a dealer on GB a few years ago. The tang had a very small crack in it that was not visible in the pics. I decided to keep it and fix it. I got around to repairing it several months after I bought it.
I removed the but plate and found a piece of whittled branch in the screw hole. Wrapped around it was a piece of paper that is a load slip, I think, from the Susquehanna Collieries Company, Shamokin Division. It has a fill in date area of 192_. On the reverse in pencil is the name and address of the fellow who owned the rifle. BTW the rifle is a 1923 gun. As I tipped the gun to get at the screw out came a 1913 gold quarter eagle coin with a face value of $2.50! I never knew such a coin existed. Pretty cool for sure. I would guess the coin is worth around 150-200.00 as it had seen use.I gave it to my son as he will have the rifle too before long.

I did manage to look up the fellow and he had passed sometime in the early 70s. Too bad as I had hopes of returning his coin and hearing some good hunting stories in return. Another of those if only this gun could talk wishes missed.
I was inspired to check some other guns and found an old hunting license from 1965 under another. I always check new ones now!

TOO KOOL!!!

I love it - great find!

Neat story!!

Shamokin is in the heart of my family's home area.