Sitting Bull with a Winchester 73

ohwin94_61 · Post by **ohwin94_61** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:57 pm

Check out this cool

picture of sitting bull with a Winchester 73

don Tomás · Post by **don Tomás** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:00 pm

Here ya go... Very Cool, thanks!
Tom

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:27 pm

Cool photo.
Any ideas what the caliber is? The mag. tube looks a little slender to me, could it be a 32-20?

blackfly · Post by **blackfly** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:37 pm

+1 Very cool.

Standing in front of a painted background.
Do you suppose they had him trying to sell '73s?

blackfly

ohwin94_61 · Post by **ohwin94_61** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:39 pm

Not sure it was in my book of Winchesters Put out by Shooting TIme Magizine

Thanks Don for posting dont know I think I had to resize the picture?

ohwin94_61 · Post by **ohwin94_61** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:42 pm

I wonder how He got the rifle from a Trade or SCALP EM Pale Face

cowboykell · Post by **cowboykell** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:49 pm

I'd like to know the story behind the ring on his finger.

505stevec · Post by **505stevec** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:53 pm

Its a Little Big Horn fraternity ring

ohwin94_61 · Post by **ohwin94_61** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:56 pm

Its a Super Bowl ring

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:10 pm

This is of course a posed picture.

But look at his hands and his facial expression. He's got a death grip on that rifle, he's almost to the point of white knuckles with his finger on the trigger. And the expression, a reflective expression if there ever was one.

I'd bet he was wishing that rifle was loaded and he was still free to roam his territory, hunt buffalo and kill yellow legged calvary soldiers.

Either that or he's trying his living level best not to brain the photographer with the butt of that rifle.

Joe

Grizzly Adams · Post by **Grizzly Adams** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:53 pm

I have seen this pic before. I believe it was taken while the good chief was with Bill Cody and the Wild West Show.

TomF · Post by **TomF** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:04 pm

you should all read "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee". He has a right to be ticked off.

TomF

Bogie35 · Post by **Bogie35** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:12 am

A truly amazing man.

bogie

bogus bill · Post by **bogus bill** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:23 am

Back in the 50s on the early tv show the $64 question, they had wyatt earps nephew that was a old man. They asked him some question involeing a colt peacemaker. They gave him one to point out the question. He took it fondeled it and put the host on the spot asking him if he could keep it. Any of you old enough to remember seeing him on that show about 1955?

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:21 am

Wasn't he in Buffalo Bills Wild West Show?
Promo picture?

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:26 am

Man, I gotta figure how to get that rifle. I could retire---------Sixgun

Charles · Post by **Charles** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:33 pm

That may or may not have been his rifle. Studio photographers in those days kept a stock of props and guns were part of that stock.

Sitting Bull was a hell of a man and deserved a far better death than he received at the hands of the so called "Indian Police". He along with Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph, Red Cloud, Quanah Parker and a others are truly great Americans. This land is greater for them having walked upon it.

ohwin94_61 · Post by **ohwin94_61** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:54 pm

He deserves a lot of RESPECT

or did