| Show cheyenne gun collection spans century traces history of most modern weapons A collection of guns which w would thrill the youngsters of the indian and cowboy period or old timer who remembered the bad days ol of the old west Is owned by jesse hansen of cheyenne writes a cheyenne united press correspondent in the chicago daily news this history of the modern gun Is traced in the collection first came the blunderbuss then the percussion cap and ball gun in which a cap was used instead of hint flint for igniting the thel powder in the barrel this cap was placed over a projection underneath der neath the hammer with a small hole in the projection carrying the fire to the powder and discharging the gun the breech loading maynard camean came in 1805 1865 it fired the shell with a roll of caps much on the order of the r fourth of july caps used in n toy pistols this gun was next in n line to the modern cartridge a and d gun the oddest piece in Ilan hansens sens collection is an 1837 pistol with a revolving cylinder of six barrels instead of the regulation cylinder holding six cartridges and the one barrel of today the gun was designed bri primarily marily for use at close range and served admirably when a gambler found it necessary to convince someone across the table that the game was on the up and up the hammer on the gun Is a long affair on the top and falls down sharply to discharge the shell the gun was known as the pepper box A cap and ball pistol of 1845 probably used tor for dueling purposes is another feature of the collection it Is of colt make and has the rear sight on the firing point of the hammer the sight can be used 0 only when the hammer Is cocked another oddity of the collection Is a century old muzzle loader that is superior to modern rifles in accuracy according to hanson hansen hansen has the original wooden ramrod used to load the gun powder for it is kepton kept in a regulation powderhorn powder horn that is about years old and shot is served into the gun from a leather pouch that has a tour four pound capacity the gun and equipment came from tho the ozark mountains hansen says only the horn on the right side of an animal could bo be used as a powder horn since it was to be slung over the shoulder horns homs from the left side would not hang properly the collection includes indian ar tomahawks tomahawk 3 in hi addition to guns from all over the world |
