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Rusted, 132-year-old Winchester rifle found against tree in Nevada national park

	01/15/2015 12:27:04 PM PST · by servo1969 · 38 replies Foxnews.com ^ \| 1-15-2015 \| Fox News The story of how it got there may never be known, but a rusting 132-year-old Winchester rifle -- known in U.S. lore as "the gun that won the West" -- was recently found resting against a juniper tree in a Nevada national park. The gun, its stock split, gray and faded like driftwood, and its steel barrel rusted brown, blended in perfectly against the tree in a remote part of the Great Basin National Park until a National Parks Service employee spotted it. “The rifle, exposed for all those years to sun, wind, snow and rain, was found leaning against...

Mystery 132-year-old rifle found in national park
	01/15/2015 7:57:16 AM PST · by Brother Cracker · 29 replies Odd_News ^ \| Jan. 14, 2015 \| Ben Hooper GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK, Nev., -- Officials at Nevada's Great Basin National Park said they are trying to determine the origins of a 132-year-old rifle found leaning against a tree. Park officials said the rifle, identified by an engraving on its side as a Model 1873 Winchester manufactured in 1882, was found blending in with the colors of a juniper tree in the park and seems to have been there for "many years." The officials wrote on the park's Facebook page the rifle was "exposed to sun, wind, snow, and rain" and features "a cracked wood stock, weathered to grey"...

The mystery of the 132-year-old Winchester rifle found propped against a national park tree
	01/15/2015 6:23:25 AM PST · by NowApproachingMidnight · 68 replies Post ^ \| 1/14/15 \| Elahe Izadi Archaeologists conducting surveys in Nevada’s Great Basin National Park came upon a gun frozen in time: a .44-40 Winchester rifle manufactured in 1882. It was propped up against a juniper tree.

132 Year-old Winchester rifle found against a tree at Great Basin National Park
	01/14/2015 6:40:49 PM PST · by jazusamo · 127 replies The Washington Times ^ \| January 14, 2015 \| Douglas Ernst 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...

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	01/15/2015 12:27:04 PM PST · by servo1969 · 38 replies Foxnews.com ^ \| 1-15-2015 \| Fox News The story of how it got there may never be known, but a rusting 132-year-old Winchester rifle -- known in U.S. lore as "the gun that won the West" -- was recently found resting against a juniper tree in a Nevada national park. The gun, its stock split, gray and faded like driftwood, and its steel barrel rusted brown, blended in perfectly against the tree in a remote part of the Great Basin National Park until a National Parks Service employee spotted it. “The rifle, exposed for all those years to sun, wind, snow and rain, was found leaning against...

Mystery 132-year-old rifle found in national park
	01/15/2015 7:57:16 AM PST · by Brother Cracker · 29 replies Odd_News ^ \| Jan. 14, 2015 \| Ben Hooper GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK, Nev., -- Officials at Nevada's Great Basin National Park said they are trying to determine the origins of a 132-year-old rifle found leaning against a tree. Park officials said the rifle, identified by an engraving on its side as a Model 1873 Winchester manufactured in 1882, was found blending in with the colors of a juniper tree in the park and seems to have been there for "many years." The officials wrote on the park's Facebook page the rifle was "exposed to sun, wind, snow, and rain" and features "a cracked wood stock, weathered to grey"...

The mystery of the 132-year-old Winchester rifle found propped against a national park tree
	01/15/2015 6:23:25 AM PST · by NowApproachingMidnight · 68 replies Post ^ \| 1/14/15 \| Elahe Izadi Archaeologists conducting surveys in Nevada’s Great Basin National Park came upon a gun frozen in time: a .44-40 Winchester rifle manufactured in 1882. It was propped up against a juniper tree.

132 Year-old Winchester rifle found against a tree at Great Basin National Park
	01/14/2015 6:40:49 PM PST · by jazusamo · 127 replies The Washington Times ^ \| January 14, 2015 \| Douglas Ernst 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...