Buried treasure buried no more!

[Fordtough25]

Looking to some older firearms experts help here. My Father in law found this lever action rifle buried in the ground over 40 years ago! he stuck it in the rafters of one of his out buildings and forgot about it until today, and now it's in my basement soaking in motor oil. Wood is gone of course and tear section of the lever is gone but the rest of the rifle is there and solid. End of the barrel looks like a 30ish calber to me. What say you?

 

[Pinchaser]

Impossible to tell from the images. I would be more concerned with why someone chose to bury it in the ground 40+ years ago.

 

[IndyGunworks]

I don't think you are going to salvage anything off of that. WOW, how do you forget about a rifle?

 

[billyboyr6]

Looks like a sweet wall hanger.

 

[Fordtough25]

Impossible to tell from the images. I would be more concerned with why someone chose to bury it in the ground 40+ years ago.

I thought it was neat, maybe a cowboy lost it back in the old days chasing a bandit or something.

 

[Fordtough25]

I don't think you are going to salvage anything off of that. WOW, how do you forget about a rifle?

I doubt it either but it's kinda cool. And hard telling he has a lot of stuff out and about.

Looks like a sweet wall hanger.

That's the plan! I would like to figure out what it is and get an old stock for it.

 

[jcwit]

I don't think you are going to salvage anything off of that. WOW, how do you forget about a rifle?

Heck, I got both rifles and handguns in my collection I've forgot all about and rediscovered again. Good thing I keep records, so I can go back and establish when and where I bought them.

 

[woowoo2]

Nice shoes.....

 

[BogWalker]

Welcome to the club. Not quite buried, but we found an old Remington double barrel standing against a tree once. Rusted all to bits but cleaned up to be an interesting mantle piece. Keep us posted I want to find out how this turns out.

Heh, wonder if it's still loaded.

 

[GBolt]

I thought it was neat, maybe a cowboy lost it back in the old days chasing a bandit or something.

Wouldn't anything this side of the Mississippi have been referred to back then as 'back east'?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Wouldn't anything this side of the Mississippi have been referred to back then as 'back east'?

No. Most of the television western stuff happened here first in Indiana.

E.g., the Reno Brothers.

Reno Gang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[william]

I bet that S*!% will buff out!

 

[ModernGunner]

Drop or two of Rem-Oil, it should be fine...

Fun find, though.

 

[Hoosier8]

Looks like a Winchester Model 92.

 

[Ngdonut]

Looks like a Winchester Model 92.

My thought exactly.

 

[IndyGunworks]

soak it in some coiled rice.

 

[possumpacker]

the reciever looks to be brass in the pic. if so you have an 1860 henry or 1866 winchester yellowboy.

 

[Hoosier8]

the reciever looks to be brass in the pic. if so you have an 1860 henry or 1866 winchester yellowboy.

Wrong shape for both of those.

 

[Gunaria]

... I would be more concerned with why someone chose to bury it in the ground 40+ years ago.

187!

Murder weapon.

 

[sloughfoot]

It is a Beul Schweet 43 magnum rimfire shotgun. It looks like a repeater. Only one repeater was supposedly ever made. They are almost priceless.