That THIS rifle found in the outdoors has been propped against the tree for a hundred years or so…
And MAYBE it has, although I doubt it. I don’t care how dry the environment is there, I find it hard to believe that a rifle could be exposed to the elements and still be recognizable as a rifle after a hundred + years.
How do we know that it wasn’t left there 50, or 20 years ago? Just because the date of manufacture is 1882 doesn’t mean that it was left out for 132 years. I mean, it wasn’t badly grown into the tree either, which makes me doubt that it has been there that long. I realize that Nevada isn’t like Indiana, but still…