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Vintage Hunting Gallery - Volume 15
Vintage Rifles Part 2
Every Wednesday on the Boone and Crockett Club's Facebook page, we post a vintage photo of a hunter and their rifle. Sometimes, we know the make and model of the rifle; sometimes, we don't. Most times, we leave it up to the collective genius of our Facebook friends who are rifle aficionados. Here are some of the highlights from #whatriflewednesday.
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1. Montana 1900
With a Model 1886 Winchester, Finetta Lord wore her Sunday best to kill this bear in Montana's Bitterroot Valley around 1900.
2. Alaska 1957
As a registered guide and outfitter from Chisana, Alaska, Larry Folger knew the area where this grizzly prowled. Michael Demler identified the rifle as a Winchester 1895, likely in .405, with an upgraded Lyman peep sight and hooded front. B&C SCORE: 24-14/16 B&C pointsLOCATION: Chisana, Alaska
KILL DATE: 1957
HUNTER: Larry Folger
3. UTAH 1940
This is Milton Hunt back with an absolute specimen of a Utah mule deer. According to the original score chart, the buck had a 45-inch spread and 41 points. On Facebook, one commenter noted that his great-grandfather bought the gun from Milton, and it was eventually passed down to him. He says it's a .300 Savage Model 99.
4. Wyoming 1935
H.S. Compton killed this pronghorn 20 miles southwest of Cody. The Facebook consensus claims that this is most definitely a Remington Model 8, likely in a .35 caliber. We tend to agree.
5. Alaska 1936
George B. Petty was hunting with his buddies on the Kenai Peninsula when he killed this great Alaska-Yukon moose. Input from our Facebook friends maintains that this rifle is a Model 1908 Mannlicher Shoenaur, with the trigger and the split receiver being the giveaway.
6. Colorado 1905
Boone and Crockett Club co-founder Theodore Roosevelt is pictured here in Colorado on a bear hunt. He's carrying a Model 1903 Springfield sporting rifle in .30-40 Krag.
7. Colorado 1876
Martha Ann Maxwell was a naturalist who helped create modern-day taxidermy, influencing early Boone and Crockett Club members and taxidermists Carl Akeley and William Hornaday. Regarding the rifle, one Facebook commenter wrote that the ammo on this Evans Repeating rifle "feeds through the stock via 'Archemedian screw' and the internal mechanism is similar to the Spencer…. Only the hammer is internal on these rifles."
8. Canada 1915
R.H. Johnson was hunting somewhere in Canada when he killed this massive woodland caribou. The Facebook jury is on the fence. Is it a Model 1873 Winchester in .44-40 or '92?
9. Alberta 1966
This is guide Kelly Joachim posing with his client's bull. The internet consensus says that this is a Remington Model 721. One person noted, "The bull is from the Grande Cache Willmore Park area. Kelly was a great fellow and a legend guide."
B&C SCORE: 385-1/8 B&C points
LOCATION: Grande Cache Lake, Alberta
KILL DATE: 1966
HUNTER: Kenneth A. Evans
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