132 years old winchester rifle found ......

whatdidyousay! said:
I wonder if anyone would think of doing this to establish how long the gun was sitting there.
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Only if the tree was the same age or younger than the gun.
 
You could take a core. They use a special hollow drill to take a sample and then put a plug in to fill the hole. Then you count the rings on the sample
 
I know how the gun got there:
I, Hatchet Jack, being of sound mind and broke legs, do hereby leaveth my bear rifle to whatever finds it. It is a good rifle, and killt the bear that killt me. Anyway, I am dead. Yours truly, Hatchet Jack.
 
jonnyghost said:
Great movie. Hope I never need to leave that note!
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Better book titled "Crow Killer"
He was better known as Liver Eating Johnson. He and the characters in the story were real people.

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Didn't someone play the character, Liver Eating Johnson in "Lonesome Dove"?
 
VA Bowbender said:
Nah, he was smart, shrewd and very tough. A person NOT to be screwed with and he did become a law man. He didn't like Buffalo Bill Cody he thought he was a fake showman but did like Bill Hickock.
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Crazy people can smart , people seen to think being crazy mean a person is stupid and that is not true.
 
I dont know if this link is reposted. I got the new information from National Park facebook. National Park posted the news regarding Winchester rifle from Great Basin National Park.

Great Basin National Park has been thrill with all the interest in the discovery of the Winchester Model 1873 rifle in the park. Everyone has a lot of good questions. Here are some answers to some of the most common questions asked. Keep scrolling!

1. What caliber is the gun? .44-40

2. Was it loaded? No

3. Were there any shells nearby? No

4. Will we use metal detectors to look for shells or other clues to the gun's history? Yes, probably.

5. Were human remains found with the gun? No nothing was visible near the gun. Surveys will continue in the area in the spring when the snow melts.

6. Why didn't the tree grow around the gun, this has happened to other guns and objects? The tree is a juniper tree and they are very slow growing. The gun was not left in the crotch of a tree where it might have been grown around. Also the bark on the tree is dead and the rifle was not in contact with anything other than the bark, if it were leaning against a spot on the tree where a living branch broke or had been cut the tree might have grown around the rifle.

7. The orange tape around the stock of the gun, what does it do? The orange tape is flagging that has been wrapped and woven around the stock to keep it from further damage and degradation. There is no adhesive on the flagging, adhesive could cause damage to the stock.

8. How many inches was the stock buried? Between 4 and 5 inches.

9.How often do we have discoveries like this in the park? This is an unusual artifact. We identify many artifacts in the Park, some are much older than this rifle. This is the first time a rifle or anything of this type has been documented by park employees.

10. Have we had a significant discovery like this in the park before? This is one of many significant artifacts found in the park. Not all are as glamorous or exciting. Artifacts tell a story that helps us understand how people used the area now protected in the park. It is unusual to find something of this type in this circumstance and condition.

11. If it wasn't loaded could it be a burial marker? We do not have any evidence of a burial or death associated with this artifact. We are continuing research.
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https://www.facebook.com/GreatBasinNPS?fref=nf
 
Being unloaded it does seem to make sense that it's some kind of shrine or marker. Or at least that who ever left it did so intentionally. Most people don't carry a rifle unloaded, especially back then.
 
jonnyghost said:
Being unloaded it does seem to make sense that it's some kind of shrine or marker. Or at least that who ever left it did so intentionally. Most people don't carry a rifle unloaded, especially back then.
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Maybe the owner just didn't want to shoot his finger off. Bah hahahahaha
 
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