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Great History there for sure.Ive got an old one as well. It has a history behind it for sure. One of my relatives was a border and customs agent in San Diego in the early 1910's or possibly 1920's. . There was a little skirmish down on the border where a shootout took place between the agents and some bandido's. The 1894 rifle along with an 45-70 revolver were recovered from one of the bandido's after he was shot dead. While the 45-70 revolver went "missing" (loaned out and never returned) the rifle has been passed down throughout the years. Unfortunately the stock was re-finished by my uncle back in the 50's or 60's and the barrel has some pitting but it still shoots according to what my dad told me. I havent fired it. Need to take it to Fine Firearms and ask for their opinion on it.
Dont mean to thread hijack. This article has more info...possibly even where the rifle came from. ADMIN....delete if not right for this thread. This just sparked a little interest in me to find some info on him. Here is a snippet from the history of San Diego County. He was my Great-Grandfathers brother. Im laughing at the last few lines of this. Even back then my family was Republican....lolGreat History there for sure.
Wow