today's featured obscurity
this was the first commercially successful [ briefly ] lever action for the 45/70 government cartridge, the 1878 Burgess. it worked but for various reasons Andrew Burgess didn't make a go of it on his own, and this design lead to the 1881 Marlin which was a good bit better and which was a lasting commercial success.
Chief Joseph, Nez Perce, of " I will fight no more forever " had one of these as seen in a photograph from those days.
the revolver is an 1858 Remington cartridge conversion in .45 colt
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- spent the weekend, emptying and organizing the space -
cable,
2020-04-07, 20:10
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- kinda fun, this shotgun is interesting -
cable,
2020-04-07, 20:53
- why does the shotgun have 2 trigger guards and 3 triggers? -
cable,
2020-04-07, 21:03
- why does the shotgun have 2 trigger guards and 3 triggers? -
Rgates,
2020-04-07, 21:07
- exactly ! it is a Whitney, very early breechloader. .. -
cable,
2020-04-07, 22:02
- exactly ! it is a Whitney, very early breechloader. .. -
Ken O'Neill,
2020-04-08, 06:24
- yes , it’s the 1873 whitney-kennedy and that’s - cable, 2020-04-08, 11:27
- exactly ! it is a Whitney, very early breechloader. .. -
Ken O'Neill,
2020-04-08, 06:24
- exactly ! it is a Whitney, very early breechloader. .. -
cable,
2020-04-07, 22:02
- why does the shotgun have 2 trigger guards and 3 triggers? -
Rgates,
2020-04-07, 21:07
- why does the shotgun have 2 trigger guards and 3 triggers? -
cable,
2020-04-07, 21:03
- Sooooooooooooooooooo COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! -
Hobie,
2020-04-08, 09:05
- Sooooooooooooooooooo COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! -
cable,
2020-04-08, 11:28
- Looking forward to it! Enjoying the obscure guns. -
John K.,
2020-04-08, 14:20
- Looking forward to it! Enjoying the obscure guns. - cable, 2020-04-08, 16:26
- Looking forward to it! Enjoying the obscure guns. -
John K.,
2020-04-08, 14:20
- Sooooooooooooooooooo COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! -
cable,
2020-04-08, 11:28
- today's featured obscurity -
cable,
2020-04-10, 12:21
- When I saw the Whitney-Kennedy... -
cas,
2020-04-10, 12:32
- yes, very similar appearing in many ways. - cable, 2020-04-10, 12:40
- Interesting! - John K., 2020-04-10, 17:18
- When I saw the Whitney-Kennedy... -
cas,
2020-04-10, 12:32
- kinda fun, this shotgun is interesting -
cable,
2020-04-07, 20:53