Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Interesting Battery


8 comments:

  1. tricky, the top revolvers look like remington 1858s, the bottom right revolver is probably a colt 1860 army. the bottom rifle might be a remington rolling block, but i am stumped by the others

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  2. Me in the life I wish I could have lived

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  3. Pretty sure the lower rifle is a Frank Wesson carbine and also that the negative was reversed when the image was processed (no hammer on the top rifle and the cheek piece is on the "wrong" side).

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  4. Hadn't picked the image reversal - I agree. As a lefty shooter I should have noticed! :)

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  5. I don't know who he is and would hate to swear to it in court, but he might be left eye dominant

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  6. The makeshift fabric backdrop suggests to me that the props have zero to do with the person, just a photographer set up a staged "wild west" scene that probably included the coat and maybe the hat, and then sold photos.

    "Step right up son and get your picture taken to send back home! Only two dollars!"

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  7. A young Buffalo Bill in 1871.

    Frank Wesson rifles continued to be made until 1888. On November 21, 1877, Buffalo Bill, following one of his Wild West shows, competed with Lincoln C. Daniels, a marksman. Both competitors were using new Wesson rifles. Other members in his troupe also used Wesson rifles. The competition was held in Worcester, Massachusetts, where the Wesson factory was located.

    The Frank Wesson carbine- Two-trigger models (5 types)
    1st Type - a slotted link to keep the barrel from swinging too high was on the right hand side of the rifle. In later years of this model, an extractor was on the left hand side. The frames were iron or brass. (1859-1864)
    2nd Type - the slotted link moved to the left hand side of the rifle, the extractor moved to the right side. Iron frames only. (1863-1876)

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