Guns as art

[todd allen]

The Old Reliable, the gun that won the West, and the other Old Reliable.
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[6pt-Sika]

At the risk of being nosey , what’s your Sharps ? Original , C Sharps or Shiloh ?

[todd allen]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

At the risk of being nosey , what’s your Sharps ? Original , C Sharps or Shiloh ?

The Sharps is an original 50/70 Carbine. Works great. I killed a buffalo with it.

[Dean Romig]

It is so nice to see these classic American pieces of history displayed in an artistic and tactful manner.
I believe any American gun that somebody thinks is worthy of sharing pictures with others who appreciate these old beauties, should present them in an artistic manner and not on a tailgate or laid out across the powerplant of a Maserati or Porsche.





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[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

It is so nice to see these classic American pieces of history displayed in an artistic and tactful manner.
I believe any American gun that somebody thinks is worthy of sharing pictures with others who appreciate these old beauties, should present them in an artistic manner and not on a tailgate or laid out across the powerplant of a Maserati or Porsche.





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No tailgate. No Porsche or Maserati.

[Alfred Greeson]

Wow, if that old guy could talk! Like an old friend said, "We love the old guns because they harbor old men's souls!"

[todd allen]

A couple more views from my living room.
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The Winchester is a circa 1900 Saddle Ring Carbine, and it's a shooter.

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by todd allen

A couple more views from my living room.
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The Winchester is a circa 1900 Saddle Ring Carbine, and it's a shooter.

Todd, your single right..............

[todd allen]

Originally Posted by Eric Eis

Todd, your single right..............

No, me and my bride are going on 45 years. Lucky in love, married to the most perfect woman I have ever met.
As a side note; The old lifter is leaning against the fireplace, right where she placed it. Next stop, up on a wall. Just a well worn old 12 gauge, but old lifters make great wall art.
BTW, last night was one of those 3rd glass nights, where I usually try to just read - not post - but it looks like I didn't cause any major damage ; - )

[Researcher]

the gun that won the West,

I must disagree. The "gun that won the west" wasn't some $17 Winchester, it was a $3 Civil War Springfield converted to a shotgun that the average sod buster could afford to own.

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Winchester only "won the west" in the movies and on TV. This was the conclusion at a Remington Society seminar years ago where Schuyler, Hartley & Graham shipping records being discussed showed thousands of these converted Springfields being shipped west for every Winchester, Remington or Colt.