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Post by bazooka on Aug 23, 2018 6:27:32 GMT
Tacked Trade Rifle - strange looking tacks
I haven't seen a tacked rifle with tacks like this before. The wear seems strange to me. The rest of the rifle looks fine and period, but does anyone have any opinions on the tacks? Thanks
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Post by oldhippy on Aug 23, 2018 6:31:52 GMT
One colorful example of Indians using metal tacks to decorate weaponry comes from an 1860s Sioux war chief, Pawnee Killer. Eyewitnesses, who reported the chief stood “six feet four, broad shouldered, and [weighed] 240 pounds…,” stated, “For every Pawnee Indian he kills, a brass-headed tack is driven into the stock of his Winchester rifle, which now contains no less than 130. Hence the name conferred upon him.”
READ MORE: ==>truewestmagazine.com/the-bestt-of-firearms-for-2015/
Another reader: ==> armarin.nl/indian.pdf
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