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132 Year-old Winchester rifle found against a tree at Great Basin National Park
The Washington Times ^
| January 14, 2015
| Douglas Ernst
Posted on 01/14/2015 6:40:49 PM PST by jazusamo
Archaeologists traversing the Great Basin National Park in Nevada came across an interesting find: a 132-year-old Winchester Model 1873 repeating rifle.
The Facebook page for Great Basin National Park said in a post last week that researchers found the rifle, known as “the gun that won the West,” leaning up against a tree.
“The 132 year-old rifle, exposed to sun, wind, snow, and rain was found leaning against a tree in the park. The cracked wood stock, weathered to grey, and the brown rusted barrel blended into the colors of the old juniper tree in a remote rocky outcrop, keeping the rifle hidden for many years,” Great Basin National Park said in a statement.
The website said that “Model 1873” was distinctively engraved on the weapon and that the serial number corresponds with Winchester records held at the Center for the West, Cody Firearms Museum in Cody, Wyoming, with a manufacture and shipping date of 1882.
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TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: 1873; 1882; banglist; godsgravesglyphs; greatbasin; greatbasinnp; guns; history; model1873; nationalpark; nevada; park; rifle; rifles; treasure; winchester; winchester73; winchesterrifle
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:40:50 PM PST
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jazusamo
To: jazusamo
To: jazusamo
Wonder what happened to the owner.
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:44:04 PM PST
by
jmacusa
(Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:44:23 PM PST
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: jazusamo
Helluva find, huh? That’s one of those things that if you were the one to see it, you probably wondered whether you were seeing things.
You were!
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:45:17 PM PST
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
To: jazusamo
Wow - nice.
Have a buddy who owns one. His uncle paid $5 for it.
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:45:24 PM PST
by
TomServo
To: jazusamo
Was the tree charged with open-carry on Federal land?
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:45:31 PM PST
by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: jmacusa
Look around for gold buried at a nearby tree stump or under some rock outcroppings.
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:47:37 PM PST
by
txhurl
To: jmacusa
That's where MY head went .... fantasizin' all KINDS of things ... very cool ... and almost (almost all ye like minded Christians .. ) sacred
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:47:43 PM PST
by
knarf
To: jazusamo
I thought is was mine but all my guns fell to the bottom of a lake in a tragic boating accident.
To: jazusamo
Wonder how old the tree is?
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:47:58 PM PST
by
fso301
To: jazusamo
WOW, what a story. It had certainly become one with the tree! :-)
To: jazusamo
So THAT’s where I left it. Gonna contact them straight-away. I am sure I will be successful. (cough)
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:48:46 PM PST
by
Oatka
(This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
To: JudyinCanada
I have no idea what it’s worth but I can call my buddy who is an expert in guns found against trees
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:49:23 PM PST
by
Joshua
(Jimmy is the reason for this)
To: All
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:49:23 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
To: jmacusa
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:49:28 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: txhurl
OH yeah .... get out the metal detectors.
Lookee HERE, Clem !
Why that thar look like GOLD!
Yep ... C'MON ... let's get to the surveyer's ...
and off they went
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:49:42 PM PST
by
knarf
To: jazusamo
zero tolerance. Arrest the guy who carried it out.
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:49:54 PM PST
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: jmacusa
Wonder what happened to the owner. The owner was lost in a boating accident.
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:50:16 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
("Hey, I don't appreciate your lack of sarcasm.")
To: jazusamo
Incredible shape for that old. Of course we don’t know how long it was actually there.
That area must be arid as one would have totally rusted and rotted to nothing in this area by that much time.
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posted on
01/14/2015 6:50:28 PM PST
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I What am persuaded.)
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