Old Rifle Found

[dmccarty]

Dan things don't change, don't think you would be surprised on how often the PD gets called for a weapon left behind in a public restroom among other places.

I am not surprised. Sometimes it was the POlice that left the weapon behind. :shocked:

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

It was empty. It was a popular gun. Why go to the trouble to carry it with no ammo.

How about this....

After a long firefight with the Indians, the cowboy ran out of ammo and took off running. He stopped to rest and hide behind the tree where he leaned the rifle against the tree trunk. When he heard the Braves coming, he ran off leaving the rifle behind since it was out of ammo he need to run fast!

:laughing::laughing::laughing:

As was said, if only the rifle could talk....

Seems like I remember a revolver? being found buried or half buried in the dirt that was found a few years ago. The weapon was from the late 1800s.

Later,
Dan

 

[turnkey4099]

Yeah that is interesting. It seems like I read a similar report a few years ago about another firearm that was found in the middle of no where.

Most likely, the guy sat down to take a rest and leaned the rifle against the tree. Then walked off to go to the bathroom and could not find the danged rifle. He had to have been ticked off about that. Or the Indians got him. :confused3::shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing:

I lost a decent knife when putting up no trespass signs. I KNOW where the knife was dropped but I will be danged if I can find it! Gots to borrow my FIL's metal detector.... Course I lost the knife about five years ago and still have not borrowed the detector.

Later,
Dan

I did that back when I was in HS. Out shooting squirrels with a .22. Set it down against a tree while I retrieved a squirrel. IN spite of knowing within about a 10 yard radius where it was it still took me a week's looking before I found it.

Harry K

 

[deerseeker001]

I could see that happening I had a similar thing happen years ago.

I did that back when I was in HS. Out shooting squirrels with a .22. Set it down against a tree while I retrieved a squirrel. IN spite of knowing within about a 10 yard radius where it was it still took me a week's looking before I found it.

Harry K

 

[oldpilgrim]

I'm surprised someone in the comments section didn't say. "Thank goodness another assault rifle is off the streets." :stirthepot:

I have a Winchester Model 1873 made in 1884 in .44-40 cal and it's one of the most accurate rifles I've ever shot.

 

[jerrybob]

Wonder how many people walked right by that gun over the years?? It did look like a branch coming off that tree. Years ago......I found a little .22 rifle in the woods. It was called a "Revelation" and sold by Western Auto. I refinished the stock....cleaned it all up.....she shoots and looks pretty good.....it's a little single shot. Somebody once told me it's from the 30's or 40's??

 

[Mace Canute]

While at the old rifle link I noticed this story: Former cop sues Kentucky hunting store after accidentally shooting off his own finger - The Washington Post

It never fails to amaze me how some people who should know better end up doing things that just shouldn't ever happen.

It's quite lucky one of the four people "down range" from the cop didn't end up getting shot also...

 

[bullbreaker]

Chuck Conners used modified a 44-40 Model 1892 in the Rifleman series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNqPB3LVmcI

" When The Rifleman premiered, and producers tried to find gimmicks to distinguish one show from another. The Rifleman's gimmick was a modified Winchester Model 1892 rifle, with a large ring lever drilled and tapped for a set screw. The lever design allowed him to cock the rifle by spinning it around his hand. In addition, the screw could be positioned to depress the trigger every time he worked the lever, allowing for rapid fire, emptying the magazine in under five seconds during the opening credits on North Fork's main street.

The 8/32nds trigger-trip screw pin was used in two configurations: with the screw head turned inside (close to the trigger) or, more often, outside the trigger guard with a locknut on the outside (to secure its position). In some episodes, the screw was removed, when rapid-fire action was not required. When properly adjusted, the screw 都queezed the trigger when the lever was fully closed. The rapid-fire mechanism was originally designed to keep Connors from puncturing his finger with the trigger as he quickly cycled the action of the rifle. With this modification, it was not necessary for Connors to pull the trigger for each shot and therefore he did not have to place his finger in harm's way." From Wilkipidia : The Rifleman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Soundguy]

While at the old rifle link I noticed this story: Former cop sues Kentucky hunting store after accidentally shooting off his own finger - The Washington Post

It never fails to amaze me how some people who should know better end up doing things that just shouldn't ever happen.

It's quite lucky one of the four people "down range" from the cop didn't end up getting shot also...

While the cop made plenty of mistakes, like not clearing the gun, it does beg the question of why the gun was loaded in the first place!!

I don't know a single place that has loaded guns in its display cases!

 

[oosik]

Back in '71 we were exploring the country around Dawson, YT. We were across the Klondike River over in an old abandoned part of Dawson, called Louse Town. There digging around between the small foundations of the single room buildings we found an old 32 calibre pistol. It was down about two feet in the ground - just on top of the permafrost but you could still tell it was a pistol by the silhouette. We turned it in to the museum in Dawson.

I bet if that old Winchester could talk it would have a real story to tell.