When I found it I was looking for a No4 and right before I walked out I spotted it in a pile of sported rifles in front of the rack. Someone had whittled the stock it was mounted on to pieces. The forearm had been shortened so it has been lost for good.
There is something in the butt-stock compartment that looks like an oiler but it has what I think to be a soft rubber end to it. I think it may be a recoil reducer but I'm not sure how to get it out because its pretty tight in there. I don't know why it would be needed on such a heavy rifle though......Well I just went out and looked at and I think its an oiler. The top of the cap seems to be cork and doesn't go towards the entire circumference of the cylinder and it looks like nickle. Would that be a possibility? There was small black string tied to it but it broke trying to remove it from being oil contaminated and old. The only marks that remain are a serif 2 an 16 inside the floor plate in-letting. There is an additional hole drilled of the same diameter that parallels the main compartment below it and then yet another drilled at an angle between the two. Reminds me of a drain hole. Its about 5/16 diameter. I'm going to drill below the main compartment and try to remove that object. Its a shame, there is a nice grain to the old stock. Someone could probably use it for repair wood or knife handles or something.