Old tyme Canadian Moose Hunt pics

win92 · Post by **win92** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:46 pm

Here are some scans of pics taken just after 1900 some time, They are of my Great Grandfather's hunting gang . I never got to know this man as he was long gone before my time and these few pictures are all I have. I think we would have got along OK.
Take note that three of the four guns are levers looks like a Savage , Marlin and Win 1886 near as I can tell not sure about the bolt gun. I'm thinking Ross Sraight Pull???

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:00 pm

Very cool pictures. I can identify the Savage, Marlin and the Winchester, but what is the rifle on the far right?

win92 · Post by **win92** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:11 pm

I think it is a Ross sraight pull (1903-to the middle of the first war)
280 Ross cartrige Quite a hot number ballistically . (for its time).
Canadian Made. Looks to me like the gun in the pick doesn't have a turn down bolt this is all I'm going on really. Perhaps someone will recognize it
and shed some light. This one is a sporter not the millitary model.
Scroll the pic of the guys over and see that its a Dapper young fellow who holds it. Magnumitus was alive in the old days too

crs · Post by **crs** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:12 pm

Very cool!

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:16 pm

Great photos! I've never seen photos from that period or before with just the weapons. A real family treasure there. Also it sure puts the size of a Moose in perspective doesn't it?

1886 · Post by **1886** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:20 pm

Great pictures. Thanks for the post. 1886.

ohwin94_61 · Post by **ohwin94_61** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:24 pm

Great pictures

Killer Kanuck · Post by **Killer Kanuck** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:37 pm

I'm thinking it's a Ross too, based on the bolt handle. But it's hard to see the tell-tale "barrel flange" that Ross's had.

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:08 pm

great pics....
ya know.....someone should compile a file with all these
old pics and put them in a book....

Post by **Hobie** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:23 pm

Great pics. At least you have these. I have zero pics of family hunting and they did quite a bit. That looks like a Savage 99, Marlin 1893, Winchester 1886 and a Ross sporter. Neat indeed.

Military Rifle

Carbine

Sporter

Pisgah · Post by **Pisgah** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:30 pm

win92 wrote:I think it is a Ross sraight pull (1903-to the middle of the first war)
280 Ross cartrige Quite a hot number ballistically . (for its time).

Pretty hot number for today, too --146 gr. bullet at 3100 fps, or a 180 at around 2800+. The Ross rifle was interesting, but had one rather alarming design flaw. It was easily disassembled for cleaning, but the bolt could be reassembled incorrectly so that it would fire without the locking lugs being engaged -- resulting in a bolt thru the forehead!

Marlin .35 · Post by **Marlin .35** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:58 pm

I too think it is a Ross. These are fine pictures. Thanks for posting them!!! Art

GEOFF · Post by **GEOFF** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:04 pm

Those are some VERY COOL pictures.

My mom is 87 now and homesteaded with her family 100 miles north of Edmonton Alberta in 1927. Grandpa Cotter fed the family on moose that he got with his 1895 Winchester .30-40 Krag. My cousin who bears the family name rightfully owns that old Winchester. We cherish it as a family since it SERIOUSLY kept the family from starvation. Grandma canned the moose meat.

GOOD TO SEE THAT MARLIN IN THERE!!! I'm not good enough to tell if it is an 1893 Marlin or an 1895 Marlin. Nice to see that 26" round barrel.

Geez that moose is big. No wonder Grandpa had to use his team of horses to bring them in!!!!

Good info on the Ross rifle. I had never even heard of it before!

Geoff

airedaleman · Post by **airedaleman** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:10 pm

What wonderful pictures! Thank you for sharing them with us. Where in Canada did your greatgrandfather hail from? Any idea where the moose was taken?
(Moose ARE big. During the course of my career, I responded to three moose versus motor vehicle accidents. Moose have a disconcerting tendency to come through the windshield of a passenger vehicle because of their height. Fortunately in each case the occupant(s) of the vehicles suffered only minor injuries. The moose did not fare as well. Two were killed on impact, and the third I had to put down.)

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:11 pm

Cool old picture!!!

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:27 pm

M92,those are great old photos thanks for sharing them.You should be proud to have pictures that old in such good condition.I have some of my families hunting pictures from the late 1940's 1950's, I don't have a scanner so I'll have to get someone from church to put them in for me.

win92 · Post by **win92** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:55 pm

airedaleman wrote:What wonderful pictures! Thank you for sharing them with us. Where in Canada did your greatgrandfather hail from? Any idea where the moose was taken?
(Moose ARE big. During the course of my career, I responded to three moose versus motor vehicle accidents. Moose have a disconcerting tendency to come through the windshield of a passenger vehicle because of their height. Fortunately in each case the occupant(s) of the vehicles suffered only minor injuries. The moose did not fare as well. Two were killed on impact, and the third I had to put down.)

The family was in Vienna near Delhi, Kitchener area, tobbacco country.
They were farm folk . As to where they were hunting I really have no idea. I suspect northern Ontario.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:26 pm

Great photo's, thanks for posting them.

Cocked & Locked · Post by **Cocked & Locked** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:22 pm

Wow...great photos! Actually, that Savage looks like one of the predecessors to the 99's. It's probably a model 1896 or a model 1899.

Not to hijack your thread, but hopefully to add...here's a pic of my model 1899 .303 Savage (serial numbered to 1912). Might even be your Great Grandpa's...who knows?

The .303 Savage caliber was very popular in Canada during that era.

and yes, I have the original rear sight