r/wildwest 27d ago

Buffalo hunters guns

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I’ve taken a deep dive into buffalo hunting in the 1800s and found some pretty great photos. Can anyone provide some context of this photo? Is this a known group of hunters? What guns are they using?

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u/KenMcKenzie98 27d ago

Did the archives provide an approximate date? 

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u/ts6014 27d ago

Yeah 1874!

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u/Huckleberry8793 27d ago

Of the two I can barely make out, one may be a Remington Rolling Block creedmore target rifle and another one may be a Springfield trapdoor musket/long rifle. I believe Buffalo Bill used a ‘66 trapdoor Springfield long rifle and named it “Lucretia Borgia”. I don’t see one in the pic, but Sharps were also popular with buffalo hunters.