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What did Anne Oakley use for guns?

RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
edited January 2002 in Ask the Experts
All this time I thought Anne Oakley used Winchester lever actions....a friend tells me she used Marlin lever actions and Parker Shotgun's....educate me....
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  • KadaverKadaver Member Posts: 333 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    well there is a winchestor Anne Oakley commemerative rifle so why would they commemerate someone who used a competitors rifle....but i have no idea what she really used
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  • Shootist3006Shootist3006 Member Posts: 4,171
    edited November -1
    Watched a show about her on the history channel, you friend is right.Some here would try to make you believe she used a Glock!!!
    Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.Semper Fidelis
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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    Well, here I go giving away my age. I knew Annie Oakley personally. Annie and her husband, Frank, bought a house in Nutley, NJ in 1892 not far from where I live and stayed there on and off until 1904. The house was torn down in 1937. Annie and Frank both died in 1926.It's true that she, Frank and Buffalo Bill Cody all used Marlin rifles.Well, most of it's true -Charlie
    It's the stuff dreams are made of AngelNRA Certified Firearms InstructorMember: GOA, RKBA, NJSPBA, NJ area rep for the 2ndAMPD. njretcop@copmail.com [This message has been edited by njretcop (edited 01-26-2002).]
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  • Spring CreekSpring Creek Member Posts: 1,260 ✭
    edited November -1
    Copied from: NRA Publication-AMERICA'S 1st FREEDOM, February 2002 issue.article pg. 30- "LITTLE {Annie} SURE SHOTAs one might expect, Annie Oakley loved firearms and owned hundreds. The .32-caliber was among her favorites and she leaned towards extremely plain Stevens pistols with walnut grips. Yet showbiz demanded a bit more pizazz and Annie also relied upon a Stevens spur-guard single shot pistol with a 10-inch gold plated barrel. The dead-eyed Ohioan also sported a pair of gold plated, pearl handled Smith & Wesson .44s.Her favorite rifles included a custom made lever action. 32/20 and a Marlin .22 repeater that she used to split an ace of hearts playing card. Favored shotguns were generally Parkers, first in 16 gauge, then 20 gauge, then finally 12 gauge due to universal availability of ammo. Annie also owned a 16 gauge double barrel L.C. Smith.According to her biographers, Oakley sought to remain impartial regarding the brands of guns used in public. She was always fond of Parker and turned to Remington and Winchester throughout her career. "I don't believe in using cheap guns," she said. "Guns should have strength, safety, balance, fit and ease of manipulation.SUPPORT THE NRA
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I believe some of those lever guns she used for trick shooting were smooth bored for shot.
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