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132 Year-old Model 1873 found against a tree at Great Basin National Park!
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January 15, 2015 - 8:02 pm
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Found 1873found3

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Wow What are the Odds? Would have loved to have found it myself.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/14/the-mystery-of-the-132-year-old-winchester-rifle-found-propped-against-a-national-park-tree/

I guess you never know whats out there.

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January 15, 2015 - 8:13 pm
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Maverick,

There is a thread already in the General forum about it but yes, its  would of been neat to be the one to find it.

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January 15, 2015 - 9:17 pm
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Should of Known it was old news! Hah. Oh well.

To bad it didn’t have any special features.

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Any chance of combining this thread with:

https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/1873-relic-found-in-state-park/#p43674

so we keep the developing story all together?

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Well as far as I’m concerned this thread can be deleted.

 

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Here’s another interesting Model 1873, this one a carbine.  Says “found in falling down adobe in Chihuahua”.  Posted on Facebook under Explorers Of The Old West.  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1010162832457865&set=p.1010162832457865&type=3&theater

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Here’s the photo for those who aren’t FB members.

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it looks like it was in a fire.

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