"“Forgotten Winchester” had cartridge in butt stock" Topic
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| Tango01 | 25 Jul 2015 12:55 p.m. PST |
"The cracked and weathered Winchester '73 rifle found leaning against a Juniper tree in Nevada's Great Basin National Park like its owner just stepped away for a moment 132 years ago and forgot to come back gets more mysterious the more it's studied. The rifle was found in November of last year by park archaeologists and was sent to the Cody Firearms Museum in Cody, Wyoming, for conservation and additional research. When the rifle arrived, the wood of the stock was chipping and a white salt encrusted it. Museum curators first stabilized the wood with a solution of adhesive, distilled water and ethanol and then sent the weapon to nearby West Park Hospital for non-invasive examination of its insides. At the hospital patient "Rifle" — literally, that's the name on the file — was X-rayed and found to have an object lodged in its butt stock, namely a cartridge stuck in the trap. To remove the cartridge, conservators lubricated the butt plate with penetrating oil* so it would loosen up enough that it could be unscrewed without damaging the splintered stock. The cartridge was taken out and identified as a Union Metallic Cartridge Company .44 WCF cartridge, manufactured between 1887 and 1911…"
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Armand |
 ColCampbell  | 25 Jul 2015 2:15 p.m. PST |
This story just keeps getting better and stranger as it goes on. Jim |
| Irish Marine | 25 Jul 2015 4:30 p.m. PST |
I bet if they looked around the area they would find bones of the owner. |
| Choctaw | 25 Jul 2015 8:04 p.m. PST |
Yeah, I bet he didn't go far. |
| Tango01 | 26 Jul 2015 9:37 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed the history boys!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Eclectic Wave | 27 Jul 2015 12:22 p.m. PST |
They DID look around the area, the article says they did a full archeological survey of the area, and found nothing unusual… |
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