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 Re: Found a rifle on my place...
[Re: swmays]
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02/05/15 11:18 PM
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matt1794
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Re: Found a rifle on my place...
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02/05/15 11:21 PM
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Does it shoot?  
"I can't be over gunned because the animal can't be over dead"-Elmer Keith
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Re: Found a rifle on my place...
[Re: swmays]
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02/06/15 04:44 AM
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Mr. Clean
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I love stuff like that. Neat.
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Re: Found a rifle on my place...
[Re: swmays]
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02/06/15 04:45 AM
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AggieHunter2014
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Gig'em<---<<
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Re: Found a rifle on my place...
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02/06/15 01:25 PM
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Stories it could tell ?? Not much. "My owner was careless, lost me in this pasture"
Or could be " My owner was riding across the prairie when a band of Comanche's that had left the reservation found him" Lots of options Thats what I was thinking as well, happened allot in early Tejas. By the description of the barrel, anyone have a clue what type rifle and or manufacture? It would seem possible with an octagon barrel changing to standard?
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Re: Found a rifle on my place...
[Re: swmays]
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02/06/15 02:47 PM
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Spades
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 Cool find.
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Re: Found a rifle on my place...
[Re: swmays]
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02/06/15 03:23 PM
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Photos like this is why I guesstimate the rifle to be a Stevens Falling Block. I'm no expert, but lots of similarities.. 
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Re: Found a rifle on my place...
[Re: swmays]
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02/06/15 04:26 PM
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Western
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Photos like this is why I guesstimate the rifle to be a Stevens Falling Block. I'm no expert, but lots of similarities.. I must have missed where you posted the name, thanks., Compared to the OP's photos, that looks spot on! Do you know when those, or that model was produced?
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Re: Found a rifle on my place...
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02/06/15 05:13 PM
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jeh7mmmag
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That is a neat find. With that caliber it would not be a military round. Some one personal hunting / plinking round. Might send pictures to Texas Ranger Museum in Waco, or West Texas Museum in Canyon, or even Stevens. GL 
�Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in,
where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.�
~ John Muir
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Re: Found a rifle on my place...
[Re: Western]
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02/06/15 05:23 PM
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Stories it could tell ?? Not much. "My owner was careless, lost me in this pasture"
Or could be " My owner was riding across the prairie when a band of Comanche's that had left the reservation found him" Lots of options Thats what I was thinking as well, happened allot in early Tejas. By the description of the barrel, anyone have a clue what type rifle and or manufacture? It would seem possible with an octagon barrel changing to standard? Why they always gotta be Comanches? That's racist.
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Re: Found a rifle on my place...
[Re: swmays]
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02/06/15 05:50 PM
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[/quote]This boy's rifle is a scaled-down version of full-size members of the Stevens line. From the late 1800s, Stevens Favorite rifles were often a boy's first gun and a standby for trappers and varmint hunters. Production ceased in 1940.[quote] Probably some youngster got his butt whooped when he lost it. Awesome find!
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Re: Found a rifle on my place...
[Re: swmays]
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02/07/15 05:11 AM
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That's a sweet find! Will be a conversation piece for years to come.
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Re: Found a rifle on my place...
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02/07/15 06:33 AM
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Re: Found a rifle on my place...
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02/07/15 01:24 PM
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I'd love to find something old like that.
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