1876 rifle

Dwight Gruber · 12-01-2003, 05:14 PM

Rick,

Had one of those things in cal. 45-60 when I collected long guns (too young to legaly purchase handguns).

"Big and heavy, don't know how the folks carried these rifles on horseback"

Absolutely, like a scaled-up, Brobdingnagian model 1873. They did carry them on horseback, though, mine was a heavy-use example, and the forend near the receiver was worn concave from being carried resting on a pommel.

Your wife's is a gorgeous example.

--Dwight

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12-01-2003, 05:14 PM	#3
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	Rick, Had one of those things in cal. 45-60 when I collected long guns (too young to legaly purchase handguns). "Big and heavy, don't know how the folks carried these rifles on horseback" Absolutely, like a scaled-up, Brobdingnagian model 1873. They did carry them on horseback, though, mine was a heavy-use example, and the forend near the receiver was worn concave from being carried resting on a pommel. Your wife's is a gorgeous example. --Dwight