While i was looking thru the Cantina Archives, i came across this Topic.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=403322
It brought back some memories of my youth and my father and i talking about his gun collection. From what my father told me long before he walked west was that this particular shotgun was my great grandfathers who fought on the Union side in the Civil War. My great grandad Enlisted in the army at age 15 and was a large young farmboy. He apparently was not questioned because he looked older than he actually was at that time. He served in the army until the wars end. Roughly 30 years later, he traded in his Civil War musket to get this for all around hunting ,to bring food to the table, and needed a good bird and big game shotgun ( I wish we had his musket). It has been handed down to the eldest son in the family since it was passed on, however my family broke tradition in 1997 when it was offered to my brother and eldest sibling. He opted to take my fathers browning twentyweight "double auto" 12 gauge with the gold engraving instead. My father offered me any of the numerous guns he had, but offered this one to me with tears in his eyes after my brother turned it down. I have this and my great grandfathers powder horn from the civil war along with copies of great grandpas military paperwork showing battles he fought in and later paperwork showing his claiming of monies owed him by uncle sam.
Model 1887 Lever Action Shotgun, 10 gauge,32 inch barrel.
Manufactured in 1892 and probably bought shortly thereafter.
Grandads Powder Horn.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=403322
It brought back some memories of my youth and my father and i talking about his gun collection. From what my father told me long before he walked west was that this particular shotgun was my great grandfathers who fought on the Union side in the Civil War. My great grandad Enlisted in the army at age 15 and was a large young farmboy. He apparently was not questioned because he looked older than he actually was at that time. He served in the army until the wars end. Roughly 30 years later, he traded in his Civil War musket to get this for all around hunting ,to bring food to the table, and needed a good bird and big game shotgun ( I wish we had his musket). It has been handed down to the eldest son in the family since it was passed on, however my family broke tradition in 1997 when it was offered to my brother and eldest sibling. He opted to take my fathers browning twentyweight "double auto" 12 gauge with the gold engraving instead. My father offered me any of the numerous guns he had, but offered this one to me with tears in his eyes after my brother turned it down. I have this and my great grandfathers powder horn from the civil war along with copies of great grandpas military paperwork showing battles he fought in and later paperwork showing his claiming of monies owed him by uncle sam.
Model 1887 Lever Action Shotgun, 10 gauge,32 inch barrel.
Manufactured in 1892 and probably bought shortly thereafter.
Grandads Powder Horn.
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