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.
Metal hobnailed boots on rock? Never worn them so have no idea. Seems they'd be a mite slippery and loud. Soil and gravel, yes... Rock and pavement, not so much?
I thought the same. Given the terrain is the western states and the hobnailed boots and trousers bloused into socks taller than the boots being an eastern fashion, I think the picture is to appeal to all customers from across the country.
Notice the neckerchief shows a wind, the critters downslope would undoubetedly have his scent. Too bad for them, he has a Winchester repeatong rifle.
If I'm not mistaken that's a Winchester Model 1895. It was a box magazine fed lever action rifle that could safely handle spitzer bullets. Teddy Roosevelt owned one in .30-40 Krag.
It was a slick rifle that would bring really good money today.
Today I seen one of the first WWII era Johnson with 10 round rotary mag chambered in .308. All matching numbers, fully functional. She is a beaut. The owner quoted me $25k but I think he was kidding.
'Hunting Bighorn Sheep' by Philip R Goodwin.
ReplyDeleteMetal hobnailed boots on rock? Never worn them so have no idea. Seems they'd be a mite slippery and loud. Soil and gravel, yes... Rock and pavement, not so much?
ReplyDeleteI thought the same. Given the terrain is the western states and the hobnailed boots and trousers bloused into socks taller than the boots being an eastern fashion, I think the picture is to appeal to all customers from across the country.
DeleteNotice the neckerchief shows a wind, the critters downslope would undoubetedly have his scent. Too bad for them, he has a Winchester repeatong rifle.
If I'm not mistaken that's a Winchester Model 1895. It was a box magazine fed lever action rifle that could safely handle spitzer bullets. Teddy Roosevelt owned one in .30-40 Krag.
DeleteIt was a slick rifle that would bring really good money today.
Today I seen one of the first WWII era Johnson with 10 round rotary mag chambered in .308. All matching numbers, fully functional. She is a beaut. The owner quoted me $25k but I think he was kidding.
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