Vintage Pics: Your Safe Queens In Action

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:29 pm

I ran across these, and thought you all might enjoy them, too.

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:30 pm

great photos
great post

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:33 pm

very kewl

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:34 pm

Super photos!!! I think Refugio is ready for just about anything that moves! Great post.

Hillbilly · Post by **Hillbilly** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:36 pm

Refugio looks like a suicide bomber... if all those rounds went off he's end up on the moon.

Hill

dkmlever · Post by **dkmlever** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:37 pm

Love the vest of bullets! What type of gun is it that has the loading through the butt stock in the one picture?

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:42 pm

The pic with the Cougars ? It looks like a Remington Model 24/Browning Auto-22/FN Auto rimfire.

Salty dudes, indeed - if they took any of those cats with a .22.

1886 · Post by **1886** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:42 pm

Great photos. Thank You. 1886.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:51 pm

Neat pics. That buck in the second to last pic is a dandy.

bsaride · Post by **bsaride** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:56 pm

FYI the guy in the "rowboat" is actually in an Adirondac Guide Boat.
I plan to build one someday.

Refugio....

Has to be a rifleman with 5 cartridge belts....
but he's carrying 2 pistols as well (1 cartridge belt)
This man is ready for WAR!

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:27 pm

bsaride wrote:Refugio....

Has to be a rifleman with 5 cartridge belts....
but he's carrying 2 pistols as well (1 cartridge belt)
This man is ready for WAR!

He'd better find a fixed position to defend since he won't be very mobile I suspect.

What was the line from Unforgiven?
They ain't gonna get me for lack of shootin' back!

Marlin .35 · Post by **Marlin .35** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:54 pm

Great pics. I love all the old pics. Wonderful leverguns, and the game killed is very interesting. Love the walking ammo factory!!!!!!!! Art

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:56 pm

That first photo is either a Marlin 1892 or 1897. Those are just great photos!

Thanks for posting.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Fri May 30, 2008 9:14 pm

Hillbilly wrote:Refugio looks like a suicide bomber... if all those rounds went off he's end up on the moon.

Hill

+1 - wow, he's ready for trouble!

Boreman · Post by **Boreman** » Fri May 30, 2008 9:33 pm

Greats pic's with a lot of history. Thanks for sharing !!!!!

DixieBoy · Post by **DixieBoy** » Fri May 30, 2008 10:05 pm

Wow !! Thanks for posting these great photos. I love this stuff.

And I agree with many of the others, Refugio looks like something else!
Wonder how many cartridge belts he had to take off to go to the bathroom?

Wouldn't want to have to tangle with him though. - DixieBoy

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Fri May 30, 2008 10:13 pm

First, them dogs don't appear to be afeared of cats.

Second, that buck is HUGE.

Third, I think I met Refugio (or his brother) on my last hog hunt...

claybob86 · Post by **claybob86** » Fri May 30, 2008 10:17 pm

dkmlever wrote:Love the vest of bullets! What type of gun is it that has the loading through the butt stock in the one picture?

Looks to me like a Browning .22 semi-auto. Remington made 'em too. Can't remember the model...

71fan · Post by **71fan** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:28 pm

Very cool pics - thanks!!

It looks like the cat hunters' other rifle is an 1892 carbine in 25-20 or 32-20. It's a bit hard to see but it looks like a carbine forearm and a mag tube ring. If so, those guys are truly brave men. A 22 and a 32-20 would not be my idea of proper armament for a lion hunt, but it looks like these guys did just fine.

I see an 1895 with the moose hunters. And that IS a very nice mulie taken with the 1886.

Thanks Pete !

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:41 pm

Great pictures Pete44ru

!Thanks for posting.

Grizzly Adams · Post by **Grizzly Adams** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:54 pm

That 4th picture, hmmmmm.....I think these boys may chase their sisters!

Anyone hear a banjo playing?:lol:

And, I sure hope our Amigo, Refugio don't fall out of the boat!

Just kidding, great pics!

preventec47 · Post by **preventec47** » Sat May 31, 2008 5:58 am

In the picture with the three upright deer and the two guys,
at first I thought they were hanging but now I think they
stood them up on their feet after riger mortis had set in.
I cant see any ropes at all.

Look at the one guy who looks like he is hugging his deer
and holding it up.

dr walker · Post by **dr walker** » Sat May 31, 2008 8:01 am

great photos, thanks for sharing.
Do you know where the picture of the big cats came from?

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Sat May 31, 2008 8:06 am

Naw ! A deer that big would fold, rigor or not !

Besides, look closely at the animal's necks, just next to the head/rear of the jaw, where a pressure line can be seen, from them hanging from a rope/whatever.
The meat pole rope might have been the same color/tint as the backdrop, making it/them hard to discern.

None of them are holding a deer tight enough, long enough, to hold it upright for a photo, IMHO, either.

shawn_c992001 · Post by **shawn_c992001** » Sat May 31, 2008 10:47 am

Love the old pics, especially the moose hunter with the 1895 Winchester.

Post by **David** » Sat May 31, 2008 1:31 pm

claybob86 wrote:
dkmlever wrote:Love the vest of bullets! What type of gun is it that has the loading through the butt stock in the one picture?
Looks to me like a Browning .22 semi-auto. Remington made 'em too. Can't remember the model...

Remington is a Model 24 - they are essentially identical.

Post by **Hobie** » Sat May 31, 2008 1:34 pm

I'd love to be able to hunt from a guide boat! GREAT PHOTOS! Marlins and Winchesters, oh my!

GANJIRO · Post by **GANJIRO** » Sat May 31, 2008 1:56 pm

bsaride wrote:FYI the guy in the "rowboat" is actually in an Adirondac Guide Boat.
I plan to build one someday.

Check these out:
http://www.adirondack-guide-boat.com/ce ... boats.html
http://www.adirondack-guide-boat.com/ke ... boats.html

These Guide boats are not the easiest boats to build as I'm sure you know, allot of bending and shaping involved, and many many hours.

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Sat May 31, 2008 2:26 pm

What is a "safe queen"?

I don't own a single one, all of mine get used as they were originally intended.

Post by **Hobie** » Sat May 31, 2008 2:34 pm

GANJIRO wrote:
bsaride wrote:FYI the guy in the "rowboat" is actually in an Adirondac Guide Boat.
I plan to build one someday.

Check these out:
http://www.adirondack-guide-boat.com/ce ... boats.html
http://www.adirondack-guide-boat.com/ke ... boats.html

These Guide boats are not the easiest boats to build as I'm sure you know, allot of bending and shaping involved, and many many hours.

I regularly check out that site to drool. I had it in my mind, until some responsibilities became obvious to me, that I would take one of the 15 foot kevlar units and go down the James River up the Chesapeake Bay and via the many waterways and not a few portages to Lake George and Lake Champlain OR come back home that way.

Post by **Hobie** » Sat May 31, 2008 2:36 pm

shawn_c992001 wrote:Love the old pics, especially the moose hunter with the 1895 Winchester.

But his buddy with the 1892 probably had as good a time...

Nate Kiowa Jones · Post by **Nate Kiowa Jones** » Sat May 31, 2008 6:26 pm

Hobie wrote:
shawn_c992001 wrote:Love the old pics, especially the moose hunter with the 1895 Winchester.
But his buddy with the 1892 probably had as good a time...

Uh-oh, here we go.
It's 1894. The bottom of the reciever is too flat and straight to be a 92.

Mutt · Post by **Mutt** » Sat May 31, 2008 6:51 pm

WOW ..

................................Thanks...............Mutt

Kansas Ed · Post by **Kansas Ed** » Sat May 31, 2008 7:14 pm

Pete44ru wrote:Naw ! A deer that big would fold, rigor or not ! Besides, look closely at the animal's necks, just next to the head/rear of the jaw, where a pressure line can be seen, from them hanging from a rope/whatever.
The meat pole rope might have been the same color/tint as the backdrop, making it/them hard to discern.

None of them are holding a deer tight enough, long enough, to hold it upright for a photo, IMHO, either.

I blew that photo up real big, and there is no trace of any rope or wire, but after looking at their boots and pants legs, I believe them deer are frozen.

Ed

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:21 am

Great photo's, thanks for sharing.

Ben_Rumson · Post by **Ben_Rumson** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:31 pm

The 76 looks well used..

DavidS · Post by **DavidS** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:05 pm

Fantastic photos! Now I know why some of my old Winchesters have well worn wood.