Fao Shoota

[stuey]

A few years ago, did you spend a brief sojourn in Nevada? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30855782

[gness]

Stuey....you have given me a wonderful image of Shoota circa 1882....☺

[stuey]

Gness, if only that rifle could talk: what stories it would have to tell! It's hard to believe that it's been leaning there for so long. It does blend into the tree, doesn't it?

[gness]

Stuey...it's fantastic.....and seems to be in exactly the position the owner left it .....
Animals....weather.....nothing has touched it......but I would love to know what happened to the person who left it there....not something you just leave behind in that territory.....x

[stuey]

Here are more photos. https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0LEV74Kor5UuikAbGMlnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTB0N25ndmVnBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1lIUzAwNF8x?p=1882+winchester+rifle&back=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3D1882%2Bwinchester%2Brifle%26ei%3DUTF-8%26hsimp%3Dyhs-001%26hspart%3Dmozilla&w=650&h=400&imgurl=www.ndtv.com%2Fnews%2F2015%2F01%2F18%2Fimages%2Fstory_page%2FWinchester_rifle_AP_650_1.jpg&size=68KB&name=Winchester_rifle_AP_650_1.jpg&rcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Farticle%2Fworld%2Fresearchers-puzzled-by-discovery-of-1882-winchester-rifle-650339&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Farticle%2Fworld%2Fresearchers-puzzled-by-discovery-of-1882-winchester-rifle-650339&type=&no=2&;tt=120&oid=48deadae6e41d7e09a54bb8b798050a1&tit=Researchers+Puzzled+by+Discovery+of+1882+Winchester+Rifle&sigr=1328j18pq&sigi=12c7cabi0&sign=10tuu69bv&;sigt=103vg5ole&sigb=131k01rj8&fr=yhs-mozilla-001&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001#
I don't know much about rifles, but I think it's a single shot Martini action, as I once owned a .22 rifle with the same mechanism.

[gness]

That won't open for me, Stuey....but it's my laptop so I will try again later.. that usually works....x

[Mamyalynne]

http://tinyurl.com/pzbgsv5

[gness]

Mamya...if that was for me...thank you....but still no go.....I know it's a slight problem this end.....has been for the last few days...

Waiting for a visiting child...x

[shoota]

Havn't time to talk, I'm looking for me shoota....

[Mamyalynne]

It was sort of but really showing how useful Tinyurl.Com is at shortening those huge links.

[Mamyalynne]

Evening Mr Bond.

[anneasquith]

it's beside the tree !!!!

[shoota]

It's not a Martini stuey, it's a lever action Winchester, standard 'cowboy' equipment.

[shoota]

Evening M...

[Clanad]

Additionally it's a Winchester Model 1873 in the 44-40 caliber. This unusual caliber allowed for the owner to load either his pistol or rifle since both were manufactured for that round. The side arm was manufactured by several differnet gun makers, including Co0lt and Remington...

Here's an unusual model:

http://www.kurthouse.com/merwin-hulbert-single-action/