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Reply #120 - Aug 18th, 2020 at 12:01pm
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William Cody caressing Lucretia Borgia

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Reply #121 - Aug 18th, 2020 at 2:36pm
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It may well not be a coincidence that Lucretia Borgia is included in this 1872 photo of Bill, Grand Duke Alexi, and two hangers-on.  For legend has it that it was only after Bill loaned his rifle and hunt-trained horse to the relatively inexperienced and overly excited young nobleman that the latter finally killed his first American buffalo.

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Reply #122 - Aug 20th, 2020 at 12:28pm
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More Lucretia, a babe, and a RB Sporter.
  
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Reply #123 - Aug 21st, 2020 at 1:07am
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Since we're into old photos here on of my Great Grandfather, who I was fortunate to know when I was a little kid. He's on the right. I've studied this photo for years trying to come up a clue to the rifles they'er holding but nothing so far comes up. Probably just some nondescript muzzleloaders.  It was taken in Central Oregon probably in the 1880's.
  
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Reply #124 - Aug 21st, 2020 at 5:48am
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One is a muzzle loader for sure. Not so sure on the other. Looks like a Flobert?
  
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Reply #125 - Aug 21st, 2020 at 2:04pm
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I agree with Joe; the one on the left is a Flobert.

In the last photo of Bill, Buntline, and Texas Jack, could the "babe" - whom I'd swear we've seen before, a sharpshooting "Princess Somebody" whose husband/performance partner also wore pseudo-Indian getup - be substituting for the missing Hickok, who if I remember correctly left the show early?  And, no, it's not Oakley in her earliest theatrical incarnation.

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Reply #126 - Aug 21st, 2020 at 2:09pm
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Your great grandfathers rifle is, as westerner stated, a muzzleloader for sure, and typical of a half stock plains rifle. There were many known makers and many not so known. If I were you I would post any photographs you have on any number of websites pertaining to muzzleloasders that have members who might be able to help you identify your Great grandfathers rifle. There are, I'm sure, members here who could direct you to some of those websites, and quite possibly knowledgeable enough to help with identification. It would certainly be nice to know more. Good luck in your search.
  
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Reply #127 - Aug 21st, 2020 at 4:38pm
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Looks to be Cody with a 1/2 stock cap gun.

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Reply #128 - Aug 21st, 2020 at 4:51pm
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This gentleman with a Ballard from Reply #3 is Gabriel Dumont

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Reply #129 - Aug 22nd, 2020 at 3:57pm
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Powderman's Post #101 shows "White-Eye" Jack Anderson and "Yankee" Judd, in Leadville, CO 1879.

White-Eye accompanied Wild Bill Hickok on his last trip to Deadwood and allegedly Hickok gave him the Colt Single Action he is holding.  No mention of what Yankee Judd is holding, as the article was all about "Where are Wild Bill's Guns?"

The article mentioned that if all the alleged Wild Bill guns were put into Wild Bill's coffin, there wouldn't be any room for Wild Bill.
  
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Reply #130 - Aug 27th, 2020 at 11:41pm
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Another Sharps fan. This is the same gentleman pictured in Reply #2

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Reply #131 - Aug 31st, 2020 at 3:12am
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Prospector Edward Schieffelin founder of Tombstone, Arizona c1880. Another Sharps fan.

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Reply #132 - Aug 31st, 2020 at 7:55am
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That's one heavy barreled Sharps rifle and it looks like it has a cheek piece.
  
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Reply #133 - Aug 31st, 2020 at 12:33pm
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Barrel does appear to be heavy but the length also appears to be shorter than per-say normal. So the rifle might not be as heavy as it appears to be.
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Reply #134 - Aug 31st, 2020 at 1:31pm
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We've seen the rifle and gun belt in another photo of Mr. Schieffelin; but I still wonder how they came to grace the photo of Samantha Fallon (Post # 33), who owned, among other things, a reputed "hotel" in Tombstone.  Ed's sweetie?  Exquisite services rendered?  I'm thinking cable movie plot.

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