Experts still baffled by 132-year-old rifle found leaning against a tree in the Nevada desert

A 132-year-old rifle discovered on a remote rocky outcrop in the heart of the Grand Basin National Park in Nevada is still a mystery as researchers try to find more answers. The Winchester rifle, which was found unloaded in November, has been shipped to the Cody Firearms Museum in Wyoming where it is temporarily on display among 7,000 other guns. Museum workers said there are no records showing who owned the rifle and that its lifter was removed making it able to only fire a single shot at once, according to Fox News.  Researchers looked for when recorded fires occurred in the area as an aid in dating its presence at the juniper tree, which the gun was found propped up against. If the rifle had survived the fire, it would have proven to be useful in finding answers, however, researchers learned there was never a recorded fire in the region.  Archaeologists also searched soil in the area but turned up nothing...more