And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wooden Leg (1858-1940) was one of the Cheyenne Indians who fought alongside other Indian Tribes against Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
Just an unsupported guess but that '73 trapdoor carbine may have started life as a full-length rifle. Barrel appears a skosh too long and cut of the forestock may be an aftermarket trim.
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ReplyDeleteLooks like a Springfield "Trapdoor" Carbine with a Buffington site. Neat!
ReplyDeleteI'd bet he lived a hard life.
ReplyDeleteWooden Leg (1858-1940) was one of the Cheyenne Indians who fought alongside other Indian Tribes against Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
ReplyDeleteWonder how many deer he's taken with that piece...
ReplyDeleteJust an unsupported guess but that '73 trapdoor carbine may have started life as a full-length rifle. Barrel appears a skosh too long and cut of the forestock may be an aftermarket trim.
ReplyDeleteThe Original 'Get Off My Lawn'.
ReplyDeleteWarrior.
ReplyDeleteThat is all.