Weirdest/Coolest thing You've ever found in or on a FireArm purchase??

[YakBasser]

For Starters: Just got an Old Savage .22 semiauto from a friend of mine a couple weeks ago. Looked Really Good, but like it had Never been cleaned....Ever. I started in on the Xtreme Cleaning, and finally decided to take off the Butt-Cap. When I did there were 2 white spots which at first glance I thought were Spider Egg Sacks, You know what Im talkin about. Sooooo, decided to take it outside and scrape'em off. Pulled out the knife, and they wudnt come off. I was like, Hmmmm.......

Finally figured out it was Cotton, like pieces of Cotton Balls that were stuffed into holes that someone had drilled in the Stock. Pulled this out, and guess it was intended as someones survival piece. Inside were 7 LR rounds, about 50ft of fishin line coiled around a hook, and 4 strike anywhere matches snapped in half so theyd fit.

U just Never Know. Pulled the Butt Cap off another Old Rifle once, and Someone had written "Stolen from So-n So, August 1958" Ahahahaaa......now did he steal it, or was he just anticipating???

Whats Your Stories????

 

[AKguy1985]

I found part of a newspaper and part of a letter in the stock of a british enfield once.

 

[Perplexed]

Nothing so interesting, I'm afraid. I've found a troop tag under the butt stock of a Swiss K31, and I acquired a Winchester-produced M1 Garand that turned out to have an International Harvester stock. I even found a bunch of pine needles stuck between the action and the stock on a Finnish M39. I really haven't ventured into the world of civilian/commercial firearms, which is where I'd suspect the majority of such stories would lie.

 

[YakBasser]

Cool!

 

[Glocktogo]

Sand from Israel on a reimported M1 Carbine is all I've ever found.

 

[UnSafe]

My first issued 1911A1 had a sticky hammer & slow trigger reset, so I pulled it apart with my Swiss Army knife and a nail. It had years of crud, mixed with too much lube in every possible space that couldn't be seen in a regular field strip. Cleaned it with MOGAS, oiled and reassembled without leftover parts.

Nothing uniquely interesting inside, but it was my "First drink", en route to a long and expensive addiction to useful 1911's.

 

[264Magnum]

Found a hand written note in the stock of a '73 Winchester that says "Here lies Matt, 1906".

 

[TonyRumore]

I picked up a old (suiside safety) Remington Model 11 awhile back and someone had already butchered it up by cutting the stock, adding a recoil pad and refinishing in high gloss thick laquer. They also cut the barrel down so the choke was gone.

When I pulled the recoil pad off the stock, there was a note in there, written by the guy that butchered the gun, explaining how he had completely restored the gun along with his name and address.

So I figured I would just "restore" it a bit more and chopped it down.

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[JB Books]

I have found Nazi party pins (about 3) and an SS ring in the extra magazine holder on the holster of some PPKs and a Luger.

 

[LightningCrash]

I have found Nazi party pins (about 3) and an SS ring in the extra magazine holder on the holster of some PPKs and a Luger.

Where do you keep them when you take them off at night?