tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645956782761175460.post4238781451224751021..comments2023-09-09T07:36:24.178-05:00Comments on The Rock Island Auction Blog: Guns of the Great Shooters from Buffalo Bill's Wild WestRock Island Auction Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13478385408162309210noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645956782761175460.post-5461536521180990422016-08-22T00:54:53.186-05:002016-08-22T00:54:53.186-05:00Blah, all 10 rifles are listed on the copy of the ...Blah, all 10 rifles are listed on the copy of the sales invoice I have, they were entirely purchased by one customer to specifications for the standard .30 WCF (30-30 as its known now) full length standard rifles with three bladed sights. This particularly example has the sites silver soldered to an unchangeable position, and the bore almost totally shot out from using black powder (for effect) with what was effectively a shotgun shell (to insure against embarrassing misses). If anyone has a similar rifle let me know and I'll publish the serial's of the other 9 up. I think the order date was 1904, though I'd have to dig up the paperwork to get the details.<br />Caligulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14068078667226143386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645956782761175460.post-39322502715955335522016-08-22T00:49:56.200-05:002016-08-22T00:49:56.200-05:00I've got Stack Lee's rifle from the 101 sh...I've got Stack Lee's rifle from the 101 show, ordered with 9 others just before the Miller Bros took the show on the road, and a Cody letter on all three rifles though it doesn't specifically saw who bought them except the dealer number. The buttplate was cast with his name in it, and the left receiver cartouche with the 101 Ranch, but I can't find another one of the 10 rifles to get 100% authentication (though I have a photo of him holding it at Panama, apparently taken and mass printed for souvenir sales, but the rifle wood is identical).<br /><br />Pity almost no fans of even the Wild West show days that not one in a hundred know who Stack Lee was.<br />Caligulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14068078667226143386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645956782761175460.post-84319100897010416622016-08-21T19:42:58.487-05:002016-08-21T19:42:58.487-05:00Was any of this collection from the Royal American...Was any of this collection from the Royal American Shows family, Carl J. Sedlmayr? I know the grandson Mike Sedlmayr and I know they had an Annie Oakley collection as well as a Buffalo Bill Collection. Ceojazzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12595020656318884307noreply@blogger.com