Sunday, July 19, 2015

Update on the abandoned Winchester model 73 in Nevada

Remember that lever action found leaning against a juniper out in the wilds of Nevada, as if it's owner had left it there and walked away one day?



As found in the Great Basin.  It isn't easy to see, is it?


The round was a Union Metallic Cartridge Company .44 WCF, made sometime between 1887 and 1911.  Still not a clue as to the owner.


The Forgotten Winchester is currently drawing crowds at the Cody Firearms Museum where it is on display with another example of the same rifle in good condition so visitors can make a before and after weathering visual comparison. It will stay in Cody until this fall when it will return to Great Basin in time for the park’s 30th anniversary and the centennial of the National Park Service in 2016. After that it will remain on permanent display behind security glass at the Great Basin Park visitor’s center.




2 comments:

  1. I saw it recently when at the Museum of the West in Cody. Interesting as all get out, as is the whole exhibit. Lots & lots of great pistols, rifles, and the stories behind them. Well worth the trip.

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