Identify this rifle?
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Identify this rifle?
What is the rifle in this picture? This is a photo of the Dalton Gang that got shot up pretty bad, but what is the rifle?
Its forearm is very short and the action just looks big and odd to me somehow.
Its forearm is very short and the action just looks big and odd to me somehow.
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Re: Identify this rifle?
Looks like an 1886 that has a shortened and broken forearm.
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Re: Identify this rifle?
Might be an 1894 Winchester, although as you said, the forearm looks short. The lever looks about right for an 1894.
Just realized that they were killed before the 1894 came out. OOPS!!
Just realized that they were killed before the 1894 came out. OOPS!!
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Re: Identify this rifle?
It is also possibly a Thin frame Marlin 1881.
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Re: Identify this rifle?
Yeah, sort of a Marlin, sort of a Winchester, a little more of neither. Really odd to me.
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Re: Identify this rifle?
Why are they hand cuffed? Are they zombies!
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Re: Identify this rifle?
Not sure of the rifle but I worked for a year in Coffeyville KS and went to the museum it was quite interesting.
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Re: Identify this rifle?
According to "True West" historical website.. it is an 1886 Win. Don't know what the short fore end is all about?