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I thought it would be more interesting to include the option of a firearm that's still being developed. If you were living in that time would you consider a futuristic unproven pistol? People are generally pretty conservative about guns though. The Colt SAA was being used long after faster and easier loading pistols were made available. No one's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.- Mark Twain | |||
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| Ermagherd, 10 Mirrimerter!  |
Heathens....Winchester 1892 and a S&W Schofield New #3 both in 44-40 of course....and a big assed Bowie knife I quit school in elementary because of recess.......too many games --Riff Raff-- | |||
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A broomhandle mauser in 7.62x25 a mauser in 7x57 and a lever action .405 winchester | |||
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Broom handle Mauser. 1891 Argentine Mauser and/or 96 Swedish Mauser. Was the Colt Potato Digger MG around in 1898? Not remembering off the top of my head. If not, a Maxim Gun just for good measure. | |||
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Aw man... Elkabong beat me to the punch. S&W Schofield New #3 in 44-40 but the Wells Fargo edition. The only difference is that I would have tried to purchase a Henry rifle. I would also add a shogtun: If possible a 1887 Winchester Shotgun repeating shotgun in 12 gauge. But more likely I would have carried a Stevens double barrel. I say I would like to purchase a Henry because: (from True West magazine) The Henry at $42 each, cost four times that of the Springfield so the Army, in a shortsighted effort to keep costs down, purchased only seventeen hundred. Private organizations and state militia’s also purchased and used them in the war. Those units lucky enough to be issued the Henry enjoyed a tremendous firepower advantage over their Confederate foes. General Sherman’s army carried them on their famous or infamous march through Georgia and the rifles were described by Southerner’s as “that damned Yankee rifle that is loaded on Sunday and fires all week long.” | |||
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The C96 Mauser, shoulder stock included. | |||
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A Winchester 92 and a Colt SAA both in 44-40 | |||
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A Colt Lightening 1877. Just like Doc! | |||
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Wait, what? We have to explain the choice outside of it existing at the stated time? Do we have to explain our existence at the end of the 19th century in this "thought exercise"? | |||
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C96 with its shoulder stock for sure. | |||
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If the intent was to ask what would you CC in 1898, then the answers so far are far off the mark. In 1898, a S&W breaktop in 32 or 38 would have been in your pocket if you were a gun savvy individual. Kind of the J frame of the era. | |||
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Yup, C96. According to your premise, Han Solo won't arrive for another 79 years but dat be da one I'd wanna rock wit, bro. -MG | |||
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Likely a triad.... Colt Model 1898 6 shot aka Colt New Service... .45Colt cartridge....would be my medium distance weapon or in the same room weapon. Henry 1860....high capacity, 44 cal ammo, use as club if empty plust just bad ass and proven on battlefield of Civil War. My longer range weapon to keep them at bay or to hole up and defend myself or family. Tomahawk/WarClub for those tight fights where I want power, slashing and damage.... These would be my every day carry in that time period.....concealed carry was not a thing. You carried what you needed....how you needed. | |||
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I'd tote around a Maxim in a wagon. ---------------------------- Chuck Norris put the laughter in "manslaughter" Educating the youth of America, one declension at a time. | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
Yep! It was even being used by the US military in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. (Primarily by Marines and Navy "bluejacket" infantry, chambered in 6mm Lee Navy.) | |||
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| Lighthouse Keeper |
A snubbed and bobbed Colt Army in .38 LC, along with a Winchester 94 in .30 WCF. If I wanted a big-bore revolver I’d go with a Smith & Wesson Model 3 in .44 WCF, and possibly add a Winchester 92 chambering the same cartridge. | |||
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Would have to be a Colt SAA...with barrel chopped to the length of the ejector housing. | |||
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