Do you think it’s a lefty?

[Rigderunner]

 

[Rigderunner]

I think it’s a true left hand rifle because the brass opposite of the lock would be hidden otherwise

 

[Rigderunner]

Here’s the pic again in case it didn’t load

 

[leadhoarder]

I know photos can be easily mirrored these days. I ended if it is as simple as that?

 

[Rigderunner]

I know photos can be easily mirrored these days. I ended if it is as simple as that?

My thing is you can see the brass on the other side of his rifle which would have been between the gun and his coat which was never seen by the camera

 

[bubba.50]

It's a right-hand rifle being held by a left-handed soldier and the negative is reversed. No military of the period is going to make a left-handed rifle.

 

[necchi]

Like bubba said the photo has been "flipped";

 

[Rigderunner]

It's a right-hand rifle being held by a left-handed soldier and the negative is reversed. No military of the period is going to make a left-handed rifle.

Looks to be an 1842 harpers ferry rifle.
That couldn’t be a reversed negative because this piece of metal wouldn’t have showed if it was a right hand gun

 

[D.Summers]

I'm inclined to agree with bubba.50. But I confess, I'm not sure what Ridgerunner is suggesting!

 

[bubba.50]

Get out your favorite musket, hold it to your left side, then stand in front of a mirror and you'll see exactly what this photo is.

 

[Rigderunner]

Like bubba said the photo has been "flipped";
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Wild how it works at times I reckon

 

[Rigderunner]

Get out your favorite musket, hold it to your left side, then stand in front of a mirror and you'll see exactly what this photo is.

Now that I’ve seen the picture flipped around I see it.
I actually just stood in my bathroom with my right handed rifle and it still looked the same I guess I should have taken a pic to see if it changed.

 

[bubba.50]

Now that I’ve seen the picture flipped around I see it.
I actually just stood in my bathroom with my right handed rifle and it still looked the same I guess I should have taken a pic to see if it changed.

Try it again holding the rifle to your left side.

 

[Rigderunner]

Try it again holding the rifle to your left side.

It works when I take a picture in the mirror holding on my left. Just by looking it looked like a right hander

 

[necchi]

Wild how it works at times I reckon

There's a famous photo of "billy the kid" with an 1873 Winchester,, same thing,, it shows the rifle as a lefty,, they never made one,
It has something to do with early glass plate type negatives,,

 

[Rigderunner]

There's a famous photo of "billy the kid" with an 1873 Winchester,, same thing,, it shows the rifle as a lefty,, they never made one,

I’ve seen it also haha.
I always thought it was a reverse negative but for some reason this one sure looked real to me

 

[necchi]

It does look real cause it is. It's just the only way they had to do it back in the day what with the processes they had when working with the changing technology,, glass, mirrors, lenses, paper, etc,,
I have found old family photos from different family members that do the same thing, flip/flop,,

 

[The Crisco Kid]

That's why the photos of Billy The Kid make him look left handed.

 

[necchi]

That's why the photos of Billy The Kid make him look left handed.

Maybe he was,, but the rifle he had in the photo wasn't,

 

[1BadDart]

I think it's a reversed negative, RH gun. Not that it means anything, but if you'll look at what would be his right hand, there appears to be a wedding band on his ring finger.