Old gun found leaning against a tree...

[rob]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/01/15/132-year-old-winchester-rifle-found-propped-under-desert-tree/

Alright, which one of you old farts forgot your rifle. Fess up!

Rob.

 

[Inigoes]

http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=167992

 

[Rack&Roll]

Dupe #3. I will say it again:

Day-old "1873 Winchester Rifle Found" thread found leaning against MDS Search Box.

 

[Machodoc]

A little Kan O Kroil and it'll be good as new.

I like that people post duplicates sometimes. I probably wouldn't have seen it in the other forum.

 

[Melnic]

A little Kan O Kroil and it'll be good as new.

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I was expecting this

 

[SRD]

I guess leaning them against a tree was the thing to do back then (3 so far), before recreational boating became popular.

 

[Alphabrew]

I heard that POS rifle had burrs on it

 

[Machodoc]

My only skepticism about the photo is wondering why it wasn't grown into the tree a bit more. It doesn't take long ...

http://s21.photobucket.com/user/robbisadingbat/media/trespass.jpg.html

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ww2-weapons-helmets-stuck-in-trees-2.jpg

 

[KH195]

My only skepticism about the photo is wondering why it wasn't grown into the tree a bit more. It doesn't take long ...

That was my immediate thought as well. Gun looks like it has been out in the weather a long while but if that's the tree it was found resting on it sure doesn't look all that old.

 

[Machodoc]

My only skepticism about the photo is wondering why it wasn't grown into the tree a bit more. It doesn't take long .

That was my immediate thought as well. Gun looks like it has been out in the weather a long while but if that's the tree it was found resting on it sure doesn't look all that old.

I guess that maybe it could be at high altitude, where growth is really slow ....

 

[fidelity]

As Boom Boom mentioned in yesterday's thread on the same topic (duped at least twice today), these trees grow slow ...

Life span is well north of 100 years in that area of the country. It will get to five feet or so in the first 20 years. In 100+ years, it might get 10 to 15 feet tall. If that tree is 20+ feet, it could be 150 to 200 years old.