under the stairs outside the gun room; it was packed several feet deep for more years than I want to admit. I found things that had been lost for years. other things I am able to now move into cabinets etc to display them and where I can find and use them ! my guns have been accessible but the other stuff including some shotshell reloading machines were missing and I wondered if I really had lost them for good !

just took a couple of pics of some accessory things I found and can now have where they can be handled and viewed

these are just cell phone pics, and I will really try to do some better ones, though I can never measure to the pros and talented folks on here

anyway, once I get out the better camera I have enough stuff to photograph that I wont likely get bored here in my 'isolation' rooms

in manufacture, it is 'related' to the rifle

Forward trigger releases the barrels to break open for loading/unloading.

Billy the kid used one to kill the sheriffs deputy and escape. it is in a museum,now

this one is pretty good shape . its a 16 gauge

the rifle is a Whitney-Kennedy in 44/40..shoots really well.

Beautiful hunka wood for the butt stock on the rifle!

REALLY neat stuff! VERY glad you found it and shared with us. THANKS!

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Sincerely,

Hobie

the original wood . these guns were direct competition to winchester’s 1873 but more expensive and lost out

this one has a mirror bright bore, not sure it was ever used much at all

thanks Hobie, i am going to do more since i am going to be locked down for a while

As i recall, you had some really nice early marlin 22s.

I do, they may get to do show and tell also.

this is kinda fun !

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

...I thought it was a Burgess.

Both made by Whitney.

I can see what appears to be a rectangular wedge through the forearm cap to tie it to the barrel, but what is that round thing about 1/3 of the way down the forearm wood?