Nice levergun cabinet photograph. Photos added.

[rangerider7]

What do you think? The photograph was taken in Honey Grove, Texas around the "Turn of the Century".

[KirkD]

Twin locking lugs on a small receiver ..... that is a Winchester Model 1892 with an octagon barrel and full magazine. Cartridges in belt look like they could be 44 WCF (44-40). Nice old photo. I think the equipment is the gentleman's, not merely a studio prop:
tang sight
nice belt with bullets that match the Model 1892

[Borregos]

Twin locking lugs on a small receiver ..... that is a Winchester Model 1892 with an octagon barrel and full magazine. Cartridges in belt look like they could be 44 WCF (44-40). Nice old photo. I think the equipment is the gentleman's, not merely a studio prop:
tang sight
nice belt with bullets that match the Model 1892

+1

[Booger Bill]

I like the picture. He shows promise although I dont think he is too well seasoned yet but he probley made it. May well have stepped into a open 1906 oldsmobile when he left the studio.

[Batman1939]

I think he was likely just another Texas cowboy with a predisposition toward developing a limp in later life. That habit of resting the muzzle on your foot makes no real sense to me.

[damienph]

I think he was likely just another Texas cowboy with a predisposition toward developing a limp in later life. That habit of resting the muzzle on your foot makes no real sense to me.

Better than sticking it in the dirt...

[M. M. Wright]

Amen damienph!

[vancelw]

He looks just like a guy I used to work with. He happens to live about 10 miles from Honey Grove. Funny.
Area was supposedly named by Davy Crockett for all the bee colonies in the trees.

[J Miller]

Well, I'm more inclined to wonder what he has in the holster under the coat than him resting the muzzle on his toes.



Joe

[Ji in Hawaii]

Well, I'm more inclined to wonder what he has in the holster under the coat than him resting the muzzle on his toes.



Joe

I'm guessing a Colt Peacemaker in matching 44/40 chambering.

[Alan Wood]

Finger on the triger and muzzle on the boot! I suspect that this is just a tourist getting his photo taken. Could be wrong but that combination well...

[DixieBoy]

I noticed the finger on the trigger and the muzzle in his boot too, but at least he had the hammer lowered, and it just might be that he didn't want to place the muzzle in the dirt. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Nice looking photo RR7 ! Thanks. - DixieBoy

[smokenrust]

That a classic silent movie type photo... The hanging painted canvas in the back, the cut off chunk of wood , the potted plant, and having to stand there still enough for 15 or thirty seconds because they didn't have flash other than a powder burn. The boots do have some wear on them and don't have the 'old' look of being around for a hundred years and then worn again.
This fellow could be a rancher that came into town all groomed up and had his photo taken. Or was a pinkerton agent... or... don't see a badge hangen off him.. LOL
I like looking at old photos... but with todays capabilities, anything can almost be replicated.

[Booger Bill]

That looks like a tang peep sight pushed up.

[Griff]

That looks like a tang peep sight pushed up.

+1

I noticed the finger on the trigger and the muzzle in his boot too, but at least he had the hammer lowered, and it just might be that he didn't want to place the muzzle in the dirt. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
Nice looking photo RR7 ! Thanks. - DixieBoy

+1 again.

[COSteve]

In 10 years his nickname will be '3 toes'.

[rangerider7]

I have seen many old photos of Texas Rangers with their rifle barrels on the ground or boot. I don't know who started it but it came into fashion after someone did it first. It will be fun to go back and see if I can find the oldest one of these. This one was made in about 1904:D RR7



Here's another:



Here's a better shot of the first one.

[smokenrust]

You can see ol Jules wasn't going without enough ammo for his rifle... At least 25 cartridges on the front side... Wonder if he carried any extra for his side arm...

[1894c]

i like a man who shows up with his rifle to get his photo taken...just another remider-- "don't MESS with TEXAS"... :)

rangerider7 -- as always i really appreciate the history and pics you share on this forum...thank you.

[pokey]

Twin locking lugs on a small receiver ..... that is a Winchester Model 1892 with an octagon barrel and full magazine. Cartridges in belt look like they could be 44 WCF (44-40). Nice old photo. I think the equipment is the gentleman's, not merely a studio prop:
tang sight
nice belt with bullets that match the Model 1892

agreed, clothes and boots fit , everything looks OK.

I noticed the finger on the trigger and the muzzle in his boot too, but at least he had the hammer lowered, and it just might be that he didn't want to place the muzzle in the dirt. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Nice looking photo RR7 ! Thanks. - DixieBoy

also agreed, shotgunners still do it.
http://www.rodscustomstocks.com/Gun_Accessories.htm

finger off the trigger is a fairly recent "safety" measure,
with older style firearms [exposed hammers] it was quite common
to see people handle them this way.

this fellow looks more "real" than most studio photos.
look at his hands, he's seen some dirt time.

nice photo.

[getitdone1]

Outstanding old photos! Hands over the muzzle, muzzle on the boot--if you KNOW it's unloaded--what's the difference?

I'm "turned-off" with the pictures of the guys with their gun muzzles in the dirt. No way to treat a gun.

Don

[mack]

This is weird, but years back, (many), I went to school with a kid who looked a lot like that, if you shaved the 'stash. He was missing the 2nd toe on his right(??) foot. Born without it I believe.
The photo just jogged an old memory.