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January 23, 2016 - 1:34 am
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A few years back, I came across this photo.  Without text to accompany it, the ending to the story of what happened seemed to be evident.

 

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Recently I looked on the internet to find the story.  Pretty much instantly, there it was:  https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19230717&id=7eZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=weEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2945,2060114&hl=en.  Seems a better way to die than being hit by a bus.  The result is the same, but I’d chose dying in the woods.

Sometimes even the best rifles jam.  Possibly a Winchester? 

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Possibly a Winchester? 

Likely a Marlin…

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He must have been using Lester’s ammunition.

http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2014/05/lesters-ammunition-it-usually-works-2/

Check out the third illustration from the left in the top row.

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mrcvs said

He must have been using Lester’s ammunition.

http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2014/05/lesters-ammunition-it-usually-works-2/

Check out the third illustration from the left in the top row.

Now that is what I call FUNNY!!! 

Thanks for a very hearty chuckle,

Bert

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You fellows are a good comedy duo.  Chuckling all the way.

I thought it must have been a Marlin also.

A Winchester would never let you down like that.  Winchesters are so much more beautiful than any Marlin.  I come from a Winchester-only family.  I shoot a ’73 or ’94’s a few times each month.  This all adds up to a pretty flimsy foundation for my Winchester/Marlin bias; having never hunted with a Marlin, nor shot a Marlin, nor held a Marlin, nor touched a Marlin.–Nor have I said “Marlin” more than twice in a year (until this post.)  Yet from such powerful non-evidence, I hold in my heart a place for all lever-Winchesters, with no room for even the concept that a Marlin just might be a fine firearm after all.Wink

Winchester vs. Marlin–Ford vs. Chevy–.32WS vs. .30WCF–Our mascot vs. Their mascot.

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Well in 1905 the hunter if he had used a Winchester, the only model guns chambered for 45-70 would’ve been the 1885 & 1886. And I don’t see either one of those jamming fairly easy. Maybe it was a Ballard? Surely it wasn’t a Sharps or a Springfield. Very interesting story indeed. Imagine if it hadn’t been discovered in 1923, and only found recently. Like that model 73 that was recently found in the national park. It be a media headliner for sure. 

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