Hunter in Buckskins with Pistol and Rifle

[Shotgun Steve]

Cabinet card photograph
Charles D. Kirkland, Cheyenne, Wyoming, ca. 1884
2003.206

Noted Colorado and Wyoming photographer and photographic paper manufacturer Charles D. Kirkland took this studio portrait of a hunter. The man is wearing a stylish buckskin coat and pant ensemble with stitched or beaded decoration. He is also wearing a holster, cartridge belt, and pistol. The evident lack of wear on these items suggests they may be studio props and the subject more dude than hunter. The man is holding a Model 1876 Winchester rifle.

[Books OToole]

That guy kinda looks like Herb Gindulas.

Books

[Forty Rod]

I'd like a close up of the pistol.  Looks like a square back trigger guard and the grip-to-frame juncture says Walker or transition six-gun.

[Shotgun Franklin]

Aren't those cartridge loops empty?

[kflach]

Considering where it's pointed, I hope the rifle is empty, too.