Old West Burial ?
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Old West Burial ?
Was it a common practice in the old west to bury the dead with there guns?
Talk about a tight custom casket fit
Talk about a tight custom casket fit
Last edited by cshold on Mon Dec 16, 2013 7:46 am, edited 1 time in total.
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No way I would put a valuable object like a gun in a casket.
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Thats a pretty unlikely scenario considering most people were darn near broke. Likely sold to pay funeral costs or stolen rather rapidly
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They probably wouldn't bury thre Pistolas but that would be a good place for a marlin.
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Just for display purposes.
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Sold to buy a tea set for his sweetie?
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No different than laying a rifle or two across the legs of dead badguys in a photo.
Doesn't mean they'll bury him with it.
Doesn't mean they'll bury him with it.
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HEH...I resemble that comment... :)pwl44m wrote:They probably wouldn't bury thre Pistolas but that would be a good place for a marlin. :lol: :arrow: :lol:
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PROBALY DISPLAY ONLY . Guns were hard to come by.Money tight.
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Either a Model 1888 or a 1889. I'm leaning towards a 1888.
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That's Rube Burrows in 1890, thankfully he survived the burial and is still posting on Leverguns....
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Removed before they nailed the lid on
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44-40 Willy wrote:Either a Model 1888 or a 1889. I'm leaning towards a 1888.
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That casket is pretty snug
Smaller hole to dig!
Smaller hole to dig!
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The word's 'Bottle Neck' & 'Bolt Thrust' just naturaly come to mind...92&94 wrote:That casket is pretty snug
Smaller hole to dig!
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Why don't he write?
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You don't think it could be the larger action 1881?Sixgun wrote:Me too.---644-40 Willy wrote:Either a Model 1888 or a 1889. I'm leaning towards a 1888.
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Looks that way to me, too.Buck Elliott wrote:"... Minimum Chamber Dimensions.."
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Griff wrote:You don't think it could be the larger action 1881?Sixgun wrote:Me too.---644-40 Willy wrote:Either a Model 1888 or a 1889. I'm leaning towards a 1888.
Griff,
It does not have the receiver shape of an 81. Besides, an 81's loading gate is a sliding cover with no indentataion. I saved the picture and blew it up and it got very grainy. I was looking for the bolt....could not see it. I did not put a lot of time on the examination as I have other s&&. to do. ---6
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Couldn't see the bolt either and the lever shape says 1888 or 1889. Action is too short for an 1881 as well.
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Come-on 6, priorities man prioritiesSixgun wrote:Griff wrote:You don't think it could be the larger action 1881?Sixgun wrote:Me too.---644-40 Willy wrote:Either a Model 1888 or a 1889. I'm leaning towards a 1888.
Griff,
It does not have the receiver shape of an 81. Besides, an 81's loading gate is a sliding cover with no indentataion. I saved the picture and blew it up and it got very grainy. I was looking for the bolt....could not see it. I did not put a lot of time on the examination as I have other s&&. to do. ---6
Something to think about…
Could one of us have this very rifle in our collection and not even know it
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Marlin 1888, the story of Rube Burrows tells of how that rifle led to his death.
http://genealogytrails.com/tex/bigbend/ ... rrows.html
http://genealogytrails.com/tex/bigbend/ ... rrows.html
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I couldn't see the bolt either, but was unaware of the difference in loading gates. Found a pic of an '81, now see it. With only 4,800 '88s made, it's pretty rare. Wonder if someone has that one in their collection?!Sixgun wrote:Griff,Griff wrote:You don't think it could be the larger action 1881?Sixgun wrote:Me too.---644-40 Willy wrote:Either a Model 1888 or a 1889. I'm leaning towards a 1888.
It does not have the receiver shape of an 81. Besides, an 81's loading gate is a sliding cover with no indentataion. I saved the picture and blew it up and it got very grainy. I was looking for the bolt....could not see it. I did not put a lot of time on the examination as I have other s&&. to do. ---6
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Is this the same rifle that's in the box?
http://www.james-pylant.com/2011/08/rub ... aring.html
http://www.james-pylant.com/2011/08/rub ... aring.html
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Less lumber wasted as well. Trees large enough for decent sized planks could be scarce in many areas, and then you still needed a saw mill.92&94 wrote:That casket is pretty snug
Smaller hole to dig!
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I understand James Butler Hickock's friend Charlie Utter arranged for the funeral & saw to it that a Sharp's rifle that Hickock was fond of was placed along side him in his coffin.... rarity, I guess. Apparently he'd quit using his '51 Navy Colt nickel-plated; ivory handled revolvers at some point.....one of them is in the Gene Autry museum, I think. He was carrying a S&W No.2 Army revolver when he was murdered. jd45
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some guys today would have to be buried in a freight car
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