Cool find under butt plate.

[Youradolt]

I picked up a JC Higgins 103.18. When I removed the stock I found something interesting and this caused me to remove the butt plate for another find.

Looks to include names of battleships.

 

[enbloc]

Guns are our History.
Cool find.

 

[weldingmachine]

Very cool!
Another part of the story about Jack & Diane!

 

[houdini]

nice find

 

[mikelawtown]

Nice find, I found some small torn rags with what looks like blood in the trap door in my norinco sks

 

[LoginName]

That's almost too cool to put back on.

There's probably enough info there to find the original owner.

It would require some serious time and digging around though.

 

[joemoia]

the names are aircraft carriers

USS Antietam CV-36

USS Leyte CV-32

USS Mindoro CVE-120

 

[W.E.C]

Too cool , and I have that model gun.
no scope , it's my favorite small varmint tack driver.
hundreds of proverbial notches on her.
now I gotta go take down the stock,
and see if it holds any secrets!

 

[Youradolt]

That's almost too cool to put back on.

There's probably enough info there to find the original owner.

It would require some serious time and digging around though.

I started looking, lots of jack's listed whom served on those ships, also tried looking for a marriage date as well.

 

[Fixxah]

My Dad served on USS Leyte. She was CVS-32.

Skulen iz besd lefd tu teechuz.

 

[LoginName]

I started looking, lots of jack's listed whom served on those ships, also tried looking for a marriage date as well.

Jack can also = John

It's doable depending on your determination and completion of military archives and marriage records.

People have been have been traced down with a lot less info than that.

I don't have the patience or time, but it would be pretty awesome if you or someone else did.

 

[familyman15]

That is awesome, if it were me it would be my life mission to find that owner, but thats just me it would bother me not knowing

 

[joemoia]

My Dad served on USS Leyte. She was CVS-32.

Skulen iz besd lefd tu teechuz.

All of the WWII Essex class carriers, including the Antietam and the Leyte, were originally commissioned with the designation "CV". Later they were re-designated "CVA" (Attack). Those that were modified for the anti-submarine warfare mission were again re-designated "CVS" (Anti-submarine). Both Antietam and Leyte and some time during their careers were classified as CV, CVA or CVS