It is the 1800's, what are you carrying?

Schofield Revolvers.

Browning 1885 made by the Browning Bros. themselves.

Winchester 1885 (for repeater rifle).

I can't wait for 1897. I can have a Broomhandle Mauser with a shoulder stock holster.

Of course, if I was smart, I'd get my hands on a Confederate Whitworth and tell the family to hold onto it for at least a century.
 
It's the late 1860's...and if we followed my family history I'd probably either be in the opening stages of the Franco-Prussian War carrying a "needle gun", or I'd be in England drinking a toast to the queen and carrying some sort of a gentleman's pocket pistol (maybe a Tranter Patent Revolver).
 
TheKlawMan, what you have is definitely not a Hawken but appears to be a fairly late Tryon(1870's)trade rifle. Going back and looking at the pics again it is a cut down full stock.
Here's a page out of Tryon's 1875 catalog. The top one is probably what yours started out as with the trigger guard from the bottom one and the patch box from the middle one. The guard and patch box are most likely original to the rifle.
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my ruger old army and a CVA Electra ARC with electronic ignition with match grade bullets using 100 grains of compressed pyrodex pellets.:D

but if that didn't work out for some reason I'd probably carry my Kentucky rifle.
 
TheKlawMan,
Because the caliber narrows down from .40 to .35 one half inch in from the muzzle, rather than explaining it as an eroded bore, I think that it suggests that the muzzle had been "coned" to make starting, ramming and reloading a projectile much easier than if the bore was uniform.
Coning is considered by many to not interfere with barrel accuracy.
 
the Year is 1862

I would have a pair of .36 cal 1851 colts on my belt.
I would have a '51 cut down to 4.5 under my arm.
10 gauge double barrel and a Remington Revolving Carbine
And then just for GP's a Pepperbox in the saddle bags.
 
1880s I'd want the originals of what I use for CAS a pair of SAAs and a '73 winchester all in 38WCF and a 1878 colt shotgun with a Sharps for the long range stuff.If at all possible can I have a bunch of 180gr Speer short barrel Golddots:D
 
I would have been a cowpoke if I could. But I would be heeled. If I know what I know now, I would have to do some traveling. Go over to Lincoln county New Mexico and witness the Lincoln County War, but you have to be armed with a variety of weapons even if you wanted to hang around and watch history. There is no telling how they would treat strangers.

I could blend in once I made it to Tombstone to watch those events unfold, but would keep my Russian inside the shoulder just the same.

I would probably shed all arms except a knife once in Fort Worth to see Luke Short shoot Jim Courtwright.
 
It is the 1800's, what are you carrying? Assuming you had the money to buy them. What would you carry out on the range? What would you carry in town? Would you be a gambler, a cowboy, a buisinesman, and while in a town that prohibitied the carrying of firearms like Dodge City, would you carry anyway.
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heck that's easy, Peacemaker 45 cal. on the hip, out on the range add a Winchester, preferably the 1886 model. In town, with prohibited carry, that depends on who/how tough the sheriff is. If it's the sheriff from "High Plains Drifter", I'd ignore the ordinance. If it's the sheriff from "Unforgiven", little Bill, then you either have to kill him and all his deputies, or hand over your gun and best not carry.;)

If the sheriff was Wild Bill Hickock, I'd not carry...he's too good a shot !:eek:
 
Man, isn't anybody going to be populating the cities here? You all are so out on the range that it leaves the whole east open for me, SUPER LAWYER!!!!

I carry a Book of Laws, dispensing justice and of course, etc..., etc..., etc...

:D:D:D

Oh, okay, I suppose depending on the era, a pocket pistol appropriate to the era or a sword cane. :rolleyes:

The Doc is out now. :cool:
 
What I would be packen is a ...

Merwin Hulbert square butt 3rd model in 44-40 and a Winchester 73 carbine
also in 44-40. Why, because the Merwin can be reloaded in 22 seconds and
this combo sure cuts down on the amout of ammo you would have to carry.
I have been doing repair work on Merwins for 27 years and they were light
years ahead of Colt's and Remington's etc, etc. S&W American's are right up
with the MH BUT the 44 American cartridge cannot compair with the 44-40
ballisticly. Cheers
 
DRLAW
"Oh, okay, I suppose depending on the era, a pocket pistol appropriate to the era or a sword cane."

A pocket pistol and a sword cane? I think I would steer away from you no matter how heeled I was.

That sounds like a person with a bad disposition, especially at the card table. Everyone else has heavy duty weapons and you got a sword cane and a pocket pistol!

I like that because it scares me for some reason. I think in a fight between a guy with the Walker and the Winchester I would bet on the guy with the sword cane and pocket pistol. Because I would go on the hunch that the latter knew somethings that the former did not.

that is just ooh creepy.
 
I'd probably stick to the mainstream. Colt SAA .45 and a Remington .41 rimfire derringer. Seemed to work for this guy...
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Yeah, a good Winchester repeating rifle and in a saddlebag a 5½" Colt 1862 Police revolver. If it was post 1896, the saddle scabbard might hold one of those new-fangled rifles from Norway - a .30-40 Krag-Jørgensen. :p
 
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