Winchester found in park

[MrGee]

Haven't posted anything for a while, but can't resist that '73 Winchester found leaning against a tree in a National park in Nevada (Utah?). I own one identical to that one. According to the serial number mine was made in 1886 and was given to my Dad by a neighbor who was a Civil War vet. It's a 1873 model, octagon barrel, lever action, 44 Cal.. It's a heavy sucker. I know that this wasn't a metal detector find, but anyone on here would be thrilled out of their knickers to make that find. Sorry for being slightly off topic but I couldn't resist

MrGee

 

[fongu]

I saw this on tv and it's a great eyeball find.

 

[HendersonHunter]

Check out this article from LA Times:

There it was, abandoned for the ages, propped up against a juniper tree in far-eastern Nevada's Snake Mountains, a Winchester Model 7 repeating rifle: the gun, as legend goes, that won the American West.

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http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nevada-winchester-20150116-story.html

Henderson Hunter

 

[Roscue2]

Hope they can trace it enough to see when it was possibly placed there. Cool find.