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I hear stories about folks removing the butt plate from old pumps and finding inside the stock hole a time capsule of the first owner's life--a few bucks and hunting licenses. So far, no luck for me. Guess I'll need to buy another old pump and keep looking. Gil
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About 45 years ago I checked an elderly farmer pheasant hunting with a single barrel 12 ga. He hunted everything with this gun including deer and yes his hunting license was in the butt stock. Just happened to have my Swiss Army knife with me, checked his license and wished him well.
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A few years back I posted this on a thread about stuff found in buttstock cavities -- my grandfather's MN license dated less than a week before my dad was born. I found it under the buttplate of this Rem. M-10. Grandpa Charlie gave it to my dad when he came home from WWII. Dad used it for 40 years before it came to me. Jay  
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Back in the 60's, my Dad was a Director at Remington. He was having trouble breaking down/reassembling his M31. They sent him instructions with a handwritten note on the sheet saying "Please don't lose these. It is the last set we have". I still have and use those directions. Anyone remember the days before Xerox?
BTW , that gun is still my favorite duck gun. In order to shoot steel thru it, I had Briley install a thin-wall steel shot choke. What a gun!
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That's a good looking Model 10. I had to choose between my 31 or an M10 at the little shop I go to back there. Maybe next trip I'll bring an M10 back? For some reason, I see very few decent older guns out here in Colorado.
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You definitely made the right choice -- there are good reasons why you don't hear nostalgic praise for the M-10.
Jay
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I have heard that elsewhere. Pederson did the best he could, but Browning/Winchester held all the patents. That "flipper" design works great until it doesn't and there's nobody left to fix it when it goes bad.
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