Old West Burial ?

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:06 pm

Was it a common practice in the old west to bury the dead with there guns?
Talk about a tight custom casket fit

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:21 pm

No way I would put a valuable object like a gun in a casket.

wvfarrier · Post by **wvfarrier** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:27 pm

Thats a pretty unlikely scenario considering most people were darn near broke. Likely sold to pay funeral costs or stolen rather rapidly

pwl44m · Post by **pwl44m** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:51 pm

They probably wouldn't bury thre Pistolas but that would be a good place for a marlin.

Perry

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:11 pm

Just for display purposes.

92&94 · Post by **92&94** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:27 pm

Sold to buy a tea set for his sweetie?

MrMurphy · Post by **MrMurphy** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:29 pm

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.

1894c · Post by **1894c** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:47 pm

pwl44m wrote:They probably wouldn't bury thre Pistolas but that would be a good place for a marlin. :lol: :arrow: :lol:
Perry

HEH...I resemble that comment... :)

Mutt · Post by **Mutt** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:10 am

PROBALY DISPLAY ONLY . Guns were hard to come by.Money tight.

Mutt

44-40 Willy · Post by **44-40 Willy** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:30 am

Either a Model 1888 or a 1889. I'm leaning towards a 1888.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 3:03 am

That's Rube Burrows in 1890, thankfully he survived the burial and is still posting on Leverguns....

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:32 am

Removed before they nailed the lid on

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:39 am

44-40 Willy wrote:Either a Model 1888 or a 1889. I'm leaning towards a 1888.

Me too.---6

92&94 · Post by **92&94** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:26 pm

That casket is pretty snug

Smaller hole to dig!

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:28 pm

92&94 wrote:That casket is pretty snug

Smaller hole to dig!

The word's 'Bottle Neck' & 'Bolt Thrust' just naturaly come to mind...

Buck Elliott · Post by **Buck Elliott** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 3:37 pm

"... Minimum Chamber Dimensions.."

Grizzly Adams · Post by **Grizzly Adams** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 4:33 pm

Why don't he write?

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 4:59 pm

Sixgun wrote:
44-40 Willy wrote:Either a Model 1888 or a 1889. I'm leaning towards a 1888.
Me too.---6

You don't think it could be the larger action 1881?

piller · Post by **piller** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 5:43 pm

Buck Elliott wrote:"... Minimum Chamber Dimensions.."

Looks that way to me, too.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:00 pm

Griff wrote:
Sixgun wrote:
44-40 Willy wrote:Either a Model 1888 or a 1889. I'm leaning towards a 1888.
Me too.---6
You don't think it could be the larger action 1881?

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

44-40 Willy · Post by **44-40 Willy** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:15 pm

Couldn't see the bolt either and the lever shape says 1888 or 1889. Action is too short for an 1881 as well.

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:24 pm

Sixgun wrote:
Griff wrote:
Sixgun wrote:
44-40 Willy wrote:Either a Model 1888 or a 1889. I'm leaning towards a 1888.
Me too.---6
You don't think it could be the larger action 1881?

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

Come-on 6, priorities man priorities
Something to think about…
Could one of us have this very rifle in our collection and not even know it

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:40 pm

Marlin 1888, the story of Rube Burrows tells of how that rifle led to his death.

http://genealogytrails.com/tex/bigbend/ ... rrows.html

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:01 pm

Sixgun wrote:
Griff wrote:
Sixgun wrote:
44-40 Willy wrote:Either a Model 1888 or a 1889. I'm leaning towards a 1888.
Me too.---6
You don't think it could be the larger action 1881?
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

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?!

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:43 pm

Is this the same rifle that's in the box?
http://www.james-pylant.com/2011/08/rub ... aring.html

Model 52B · Post by **Model 52B** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:46 pm

92&94 wrote:That casket is pretty snug

Smaller hole to dig!

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.

jd45 · Post by **jd45** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:44 pm

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

El Chivo · Post by **El Chivo** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:48 pm

some guys today would have to be buried in a freight car

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