Reading this reminded me that the first gun I ever fired, which was about 43 years ago, I wrote a note and put it under the buttplate. It was a Sears single shot "Target model" my grandfather bought for $5.00 in 1935, I think. For years, I wondered what happened to that old rifle. One day, recently, I visited my aunt and uncle who live on an old farm that once belonged to granddad. We were walking through the barns, just re living old times, when he said, "Hey, I want you to have something." He walked in the old feed shed and walked out with that old .22. If I weren't such a manly man, I would have cried. Actually, I did cry. Who am I kidding here. I will remove the buttplate as soon as I get home to see if my note is still there.