mnmthunting
Banned
We've talked about rusty old Henry rifle.
The other gun in the pic is a Winchester 30-06.
I was Elk hunting in the Little Belts Mountains central Montana. Just down from the summit South slope I came across this. Just laying there. Kinda a half open area with wind blown White Bark Pine. Nothing else around and at least 2 miles from the trail.
This is a dry area. Wood very slow to rot. The rifle could have laid there for 20 years?
The gun had a 4 power Weaver completely clouded, the leather strap mostly rotted. A live round stuck in the chamber. [from corrosion]
I cleaned the gun up. A gun smith added a couple parts. I put on a different scope and the gun worked. Not good however the barrel badly corroded. So I never shot it again
I wish I would have left the gun as it was.
This one really stumps me, nothing makes sense?
Ideas anybody?
The Pic.
The other gun in the pic is a Winchester 30-06.
I was Elk hunting in the Little Belts Mountains central Montana. Just down from the summit South slope I came across this. Just laying there. Kinda a half open area with wind blown White Bark Pine. Nothing else around and at least 2 miles from the trail.
This is a dry area. Wood very slow to rot. The rifle could have laid there for 20 years?
The gun had a 4 power Weaver completely clouded, the leather strap mostly rotted. A live round stuck in the chamber. [from corrosion]
I cleaned the gun up. A gun smith added a couple parts. I put on a different scope and the gun worked. Not good however the barrel badly corroded. So I never shot it again
I wish I would have left the gun as it was.
This one really stumps me, nothing makes sense?
Ideas anybody?
The Pic.
