Old photo of young man with lever.

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:19 pm

I thought y'all might want to see this one.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:35 pm

Neat picture. Looks like they reversed the negative. Unless that's an ultra rare left hand Marlin.

Why did I post Marlin? Duh.................

Joe

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:43 pm

J Miller wrote:Neat picture. Looks like they reversed the negative. Unless that's an ultra rare left hand Marlin.

Joe

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:44 pm

Cool!

A relative?

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:51 pm

Thats no Marlin, but an extremely rare left handed "Billy the kid" Winchester.

Jeff Pitts · Post by **Jeff Pitts** » Tue May 06, 2008 11:01 pm

What an AWESOME picture! I love that sort of picture

Jeff

Leverdude · Post by **Leverdude** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:04 am

J Miller wrote:Neat picture. Looks like they reversed the negative. Unless that's an ultra rare left hand Marlin.

Joe

Aint a Marlin Joe, a lefty 76 or 73 Winchester. Still its a great picture.

1886 · Post by **1886** » Wed May 07, 2008 6:33 am

Great picture. Looks like a Win. 76. Thanks. 1886.

Post by **Hobie** » Wed May 07, 2008 6:34 am

That's a '76! Neat! Here he is right way 'round...

Ken41 · Post by **Ken41** » Wed May 07, 2008 6:42 am

Looks like the pistol might be a nickle plated S&W New Model #3.
Great picture!

Ken
NRA Life
SW PA

AndyM · Post by **AndyM** » Wed May 07, 2008 6:47 am

That is a cool picture - I agree with the Winchester 76 guess...

airedaleman · Post by **airedaleman** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:12 am

Poor guy must have been really height-challenged. Look at the length of the '76 versus his right leg.

ScottT · Post by **ScottT** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:17 am

Keep in mind that folks were not all that big in those days. There were exceptions of course, but they did not grow them like we do now.

Comal Forge · Post by **Comal Forge** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:30 am

That rifle also has an abnormally long barrel - looks to be around 30".

DennisD · Post by **DennisD** » Wed May 07, 2008 10:46 am

ScottT wrote:Keep in mind that folks were not all that big in those days. There were exceptions of course, but they did not grow them like we do now.

Yep, I've gone on tours of some old mansions and ranch houses. They had period clothes on display. Amazing on how much the human population has increased in average height. Even the furniture shows how much smaller they were. My mom had her great grandmothers bed and at 6' tall I could only stretch out on it if I laid corner to corner and then it was still a tight fit.

ScottT · Post by **ScottT** » Wed May 07, 2008 11:09 am

DennisD wrote:
ScottT wrote:Keep in mind that folks were not all that big in those days. There were exceptions of course, but they did not grow them like we do now.
Yep, I've gone on tours of some old mansions and ranch houses. They had period clothes on display. Amazing on how much the human population has increased in average height. Even the furniture shows how much smaller they were. My mom had her great grandmothers bed and at 6' tall I could only stretch out on it if I laid corner to corner and then it was still a tight fit.

It gets worse. Visit the Tower of London if you ever get a chance and look at the suits of armor and other implements on display. Folks were much smaller then. They have a couple of suits of armor for folks who were considered "giants" in those days and I would not be able to squeeze into one of them.

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Wed May 07, 2008 11:21 am

I think these young men decided to have their photo taken at the same time with the same guns. It's hard to see the rifle to make sure.

Rod WMG · Post by **Rod WMG** » Wed May 07, 2008 1:08 pm

Okay, does anyone have a feel for what the second, smaller pistol is?

coyote nose · Post by **coyote nose** » Thu May 08, 2008 12:40 pm

That old photo is from a tintype, tintypes came out of the camera "backwards" ie: mirror reversed. This is one reson Billy the Kid was considered left handed....that famous photo of him was a tintype that made it appear that way.

Papa · Post by **Papa** » Thu May 08, 2008 6:53 pm

My guess is it's a Merwin and Hulbert Pocket 32?

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:36 pm

Heck, I'd say they even wore the same hat! That smaller pistol might be a S&W "Lemon-squeezer" with a long, 7" barrel.