The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-06-10
Guns and RevoIvers Of Another Time

firearms in this collection is one OF
the rifles used in Clusters last fight.
1t was OF the Evans army type and
was capable of shooting thirty-two
times without re-loading. 1t was one
of the early repeaters and naturally
is crude in design in comparison with
the repeaters used today. An Indian
who participated in the Custer battle
picked 1t up after the fight and later
gave it to a white man and the his
: toric weapon eventually fell into the
, hands of ita present owner. 80
A. E. Rudolph, better known as
"Old Pap" who was known and liked
in these parts years ago made a shot
gun in 1870 which he sold to a man
whom he did not know. who was in
| Canon City preparing to go into the
Greenhorns and beyond on a bear
hunt. Nothing was ever heard OF him
after he left Canon City until not many
years ago when a family on Badger
Creek found the skeleton of a bear un-
der which lay the skeleton OF man
and this gun which Pap" had made.
| There were only two guns Of this
kind ever made by Mr.. Rudolph and
the other one was easily accounted
| for. 1t is supposed that the unfortu-
| nate man had wounded the bear and
before he could reload and fire the
second shot the bear had pounced
upon him and bore him to the earth.
/ The finding of charge Of powder In
the magazine Of the muzzle led to
this deduction. This gun is also
4 owned by DIR. Graves. 1t is a crude
affair but looks effective and deadly
enough to satisfy the desires Of any.
, one.
The Springfield series which Ii part
Of the exhibit, includes the hrst pat
/ tern of 1916. the one Of 1864 and the
one Of 1898. These are the guns that
/ were used by the government In the
early part OF the nineteenth century.
during the latter part Of the civil
war and during the nrst part Of the
! Spanish American war when they
, were replaced by the powerful KrAg-
Jorgensens.
An interesting nrearm is one that
was made at Valley Forge in 1925 by
w. L. Evans. Others are muskets
that were used In some Of the Napo-
leonic wars.
The first type OF the breech loader
is shown In the gun Of the Hall patent
which was constructed at North Mid
dletown. Conn. in 1s49. Il ID one Of
the nrst saddle guns ever used and
! was the kind that played an import
ant part In the Mexican war and
which was used 1t Sing Sing prison.
where the prisoners lived In deathly
fear Of them in the early days.
A rife Of which there are but few
In existence 10 . Remington tubular
magazine, bolt action gun There un-
doubtedly were but few Of these made
DcC8ubt luo 1cuAhluBto toA noA oNAA1CtA
a Winchester patent and the winches
ter people made them quit making
them.
DR.. Graves revolver collection In
ciudes all the early patterns OF the
Colts Stevens Marlin and numerous
other factories. Weird looking
French dueiing pistols lend an air Of
romance to the assortment One re
volver which is OF particular import
ance ls n small Derringer which IL
exactly like the one with which Pres
ident Lincoln was killed.
DR.. Graves has been gathering these
guns from far and near for ten OF
fifteen years. He has studied the
antique guns to such an extent that
he is considered an authority on the
subject. Some of the guns in Che col
lection were procured from J. J.
Armstrong who for number Of years
made gun collecting his hobby.
! A couple of hours looking over these
guns is well worth while.
will hapin IN saa them coming back