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bcp Newbie Offline Posts: 8 Location: SW WA Joined: Jun 8^th, 2008	Colorado homestead 1890-1915, bipods and scopes? May 2^nd, 2024 at 12:40pm	Print Post
	Detail from a larger photo at: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Bruce


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15969 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Colorado homestead 1890-1915, bipods and scopes? Reply #1 - May 2^nd, 2024 at 1:46pm	Print Post
	Looking at the original in a smaller format my guess would be they're likely Malcolm telescopes. The "bipods" could be anything, and likely made by shooters themselves to have cross sticks for accurate shooting at longer distances.

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bcp Newbie Offline Posts: 8 Location: SW WA Joined: Jun 8^th, 2008	Re: Colorado homestead 1890-1915, bipods and scopes? Reply #2 - May 2^nd, 2024 at 3:11pm	Print Post
	I've probably looked at hundreds of old photos from various online collections, and this is the first I've seen with hunters using scopes or crossed sticks. Bruce


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craigster Oldtimer Offline Posts: 671 Location: lost coast CA Joined: Feb 20^th, 2011	Re: Colorado homestead 1890-1915, bipods and scopes? Reply #3 - May 23^rd, 2024 at 8:19pm	Print Post
	bcp wrote on May 2^nd, 2024 at 3:11pm: I've probably looked at hundreds of old photos from various online collections, and this is the first I've seen with hunters using scopes or crossed sticks. Bruce They're hunting targets.
	« Last Edit: May 23^rd, 2024 at 11:56pm by craigster »

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Bluedog Participating Member Offline Posts: 32 Joined: Jan 14^th, 2024	Re: Colorado homestead 1890-1915, bipods and scopes? Reply #4 - May 25^th, 2024 at 8:37pm	Print Post
	Interesting to me two left handed shooters shooting together Thank you for putting up the picture Colorado that timeframe I was expecting to see the scopes set to reach out a mite further Jason


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SchwarzStock Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1108 Location: SchwarzWald Joined: Mar 23^rd, 2010	Re: Colorado homestead 1890-1915, bipods and scopes? Reply #5 - May 26^th, 2024 at 9:36am	Print Post
	Scopes and crossed sticks were well known to be in use during the "Hide Hunting" years (Buffalo) so this does not surprise me to see it 20-30 years later. In Seller's book he describes scopes being frequently used on the heavy 14 to 17.5lb rifles of the 1872/3 hunting season. Scopes were ordered on about 25% of the Sharps rifles for the 1876 season but declined after 1878 with the majority of rifles thereafter being fitted with the blade front and Lawrence sights.

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oldstarfire Participating Member Offline Posts: 37 Location: Center of Canada Joined: Jan 17^th, 2016	Re: Colorado homestead 1890-1915, bipods and scopes? Reply #6 - May 26^th, 2024 at 10:20am	Print Post
	Glass plate printed in reverse? Like the left eject rifle held by Billy The Kid? Bluedog wrote on May 25^th, 2024 at 8:37pm: Interesting to me two left handed shooters shooting together Thank you for putting up the picture Colorado that timeframe I was expecting to see the scopes set to reach out a mite further Jason


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jhm Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 1379 Location: georgia Joined: Sep 4^th, 2011	Re: Colorado homestead 1890-1915, bipods and scopes? Reply #7 - May 26^th, 2024 at 5:34pm	Print Post
	You shoot a gun around the horses around here and it would take days to find them... JMH


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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3535 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Colorado homestead 1890-1915, bipods and scopes? Reply #8 - May 27^th, 2024 at 10:53am	Print Post
	the image is reversed, and the men are not shooting lefthanded at all. Look at the jackets and you will see that they are the opposite of how men's clothing is made. Happens a lot and leads to plenty of mistaken things- the most glaring I can come up with is the image of Billy the Kid posing with his rifle, a '73 Winchester. Plainly the wrong side for a loading gate, and his clothes are also buttoned backward, but the damn image created the notion that the famous badman was left-handed from the side his revolver appears. Even made a movie about it. Gotta watch stuff like that. And, I bet they didn't shoot until the photographer finished and the horses were well away from there.


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Bluedog Participating Member Offline Posts: 32 Joined: Jan 14^th, 2024	Re: Colorado homestead 1890-1915, bipods and scopes? Reply #9 - May 27^th, 2024 at 8:12pm	Print Post
	Reversed image never occurred to me! Thank you guys for the info! Very interesting photograph


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rgchristensen Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1080 Joined: Jan 2^nd, 2014	Re: Colorado homestead 1890-1915, bipods and scopes? Reply #10 - May 31^st, 2024 at 10:04pm	Print Post
	jhm wrote on May 26^th, 2024 at 5:34pm: You shoot a gun around the horses around here and it would take days to find them... JMH Not horses, tho........ donkeys. CHRIS


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15969 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Colorado homestead 1890-1915, bipods and scopes? Reply #11 - Jun 4^th, 2024 at 11:09am	Print Post
	Aren't donkeys smaller Chris? Maybe mules?

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kootne Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 436 Location: Libby, Mt. Joined: Mar 6^th, 2012	Re: Colorado homestead 1890-1915, bipods and scopes? Reply #12 - Jun 4^th, 2024 at 11:23am	Print Post
	Thought I'd seen those fellers before. Check out page 154 of Dutcher's book. Different plate and reversed but, same cabin, owl, mounted man with speed goat. Small world. 4 of the 5 in Dutcher's photo are named.

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