1882 Winchester rifle found in Great Basin National Park

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1882 Winchester rifle found in Great Basin National Park

Post by miah66 » January 14th, 2015, 1:29 pm

132-year-old rifle found leaning against a tree in Great Basin National Park
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Post by texasbb » January 14th, 2015, 7:15 pm

That's really cool. How come I never find anything like that?
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Post by retired jerry » January 15th, 2015, 6:58 am

Amazing that someone would set his rifle against a tree and it would just sit there for 100+ years.

I wonder what happened to him?
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Post by RobFromRedland » January 15th, 2015, 3:33 pm

Great Story! Thanks for posting. I also wonder what happened to the owner....
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Re: 1882 Winchester rifle found in Great Basin National Park

Post by Grannyhiker » January 15th, 2015, 3:37 pm

This is fascinating!
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Re: 1882 Winchester rifle found in Great Basin National Park

Post by viking » January 16th, 2015, 9:39 pm

Interesting, but that tree is not 100 years old.
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Post by Crusak » January 16th, 2015, 10:28 pm

That's a cool story. It would be fun to find out the history of the rifle, and also find out who the last owner was.
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Re: 1882 Winchester rifle found in Great Basin National Park

Post by Lumpy » January 16th, 2015, 10:50 pm

viking wrote:Interesting, but that tree is not 100 years old.
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Re: 1882 Winchester rifle found in Great Basin National Park

Post by raven » January 16th, 2015, 10:53 pm

Viking, can you explain how you can estimate the tree's possible age? It's a skill I lack, so I am both envious and curious about all aspects of the matter.
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Re: 1882 Winchester rifle found in Great Basin National Park

Post by retired jerry » January 17th, 2015, 6:04 am

I agree, good point, that tree doesn't look 132+ years old, although those Bristlecone trees that are much older also don't look as old as they are.

Then that's even more of a mystery. Someone could have picked it up off the ground and set it against the tree somewhat recently?
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