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re: 132 year old rifle found leaning against a tree in Great Basin National Park
Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:39 pm to upgrayedd
Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:39 pm to upgrayedd
quote:
That tree would have swallowed it by now.
My first thought too, but with it leaning against it instead of being attached, I assume it just pushed it out? No idea though.
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Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:42 pm to VernonPLSUfan
I bet whoever owned it is nearby
Pilgrim
Pilgrim
Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:46 pm to hardhead
Whomever owned it didn't spend enough on optics
Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:50 pm to Jim Rockford
But does it shoot?
Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:52 pm to oleyeller
That's pretty cool. I found a pair of 1920's binoculars out in the middle of nowhere in Nevada. It was neat to think that they had sat there since a rancher or hunter had dropped them back then.
Looked sort of like this, only in much worse shape.
Looked sort of like this, only in much worse shape.
This post was edited on 1/14/15 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:53 pm to Jim Rockford
They don't make'em like they used to.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:07 pm to Langston
quote:Juniper, and out west. Probably an extremely slow growth rate. Look how small it is now.
That tree would have swallowed it by now.
My first thought too, but with it leaning against it instead of being attached, I assume it just pushed it out? No idea though.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:08 pm to Jim Rockford
Google tolt me junipers can live over 100 years. This sounds like a pretty cool and legit story.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:11 pm to Jim Rockford
not a Tikka T3?
Dude musta never killed shite
Dude musta never killed shite
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:35 pm to Jim Rockford
Isn't that park in Nevada ? -- I guess Harry Reid can use this as an example of how dangerous it is to have guns in the hands of careless private citizens.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:49 pm to dawg23
old goat misplace his gun again?
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:49 pm to wickowick
quote:that's what I was thinking? Someone leaned it against that tree shortly before they met God
Set it down to take a shite and a black panther kills you
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:53 pm to nes2010
Very cool, any pics of it?
Posted on 1/14/15 at 3:01 pm to CajunAlum Tiger Fan
I can put one up after I get off work.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 3:17 pm to wickowick
quote:
Set it down to take a shite and a black panther kills you...
Or an Injun takes your scalp
Either way that is a really interesting story. I bet if you cleaned that thing up and put some oil it would still work. Wonder if it was still loaded?
Posted on 1/14/15 at 3:23 pm to bayoudude
So did they look for the mans bones next to the tree? He will haunt the place now that his rifle is gons
Posted on 1/14/15 at 3:25 pm to upgrayedd
neat stuff. you gotta figure it's pretty dry there, for the rifle to still be in that good of shape.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 3:50 pm to Mung
Wonder what happened to it's owner ?
Bear, Cougar , Indians ?
Bear, Cougar , Indians ?
Posted on 1/14/15 at 3:58 pm to The Torch
Alzheimers
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