Its 1905, You're a Small Town Sheriff, Whatcha Packin?

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The year is 1905 and you are a rural Sheriff whos well-heeled uncle has left you a small inheritance- enough to equip yourself any way you like.

Most of your "encounters" are belligerent drunks, but cattle rustlers, horse thieves, and the occasional train and bank robbers are in the offing.

As you are required to provide your own kit, what would you get? Long guns, sidearms, backup....whatever you like, as long as it was available in 1905.
 
Well, the 'cool' answer is probably a classic "pairing" like a revolver and lever action in .44-40 or the like.

But, since the premise is to be the Sheriff, a desk job and political one, probably the EDC is a .38 or .32 revolver; perhaps a newfangled European auto, like an FN 1905, very much badge of office.

Now, the office is likely going to have a rack with some interesting arms in it, like a rolling block, a Krag, and such like.
 
Ill go with an '95 Winchester .30-03 saddle-ring carbine as it would let me outrange the more common .30-30s and shotguns carried by typical baddies then, with a .45LC New Service on my hip, since ammo would be commonly found. Id slip a little .32 S&W Safety Hammerless in my vest "just in case." :)
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Long guns: Hopkins and Allen No. 112 Hammerless SxS Double barrel, fluid steel barrels, 12 gauge, barrels cut to 20", Winchester 1886 lever action chambered in .50-110 for dealing with dangerous animals such as grizzlys, and to get a bit more range than pretty much any other common rifle round at the time, and lastly a Winchester 1894 in .30-30.

Pistols: Colt SAA in .44-40, and a Colt lightning as a backup gun.
 
I’d likely carry a Colt 1892 Army/Navy in .38 LC and for trips outside the city, I’d carry a Winchester 1894 in .30 WCF in my scabbard. I’d likely be a bit of a progressive as far as technology goes and probably soon be experimenting with a Remington Autoloading Rifle. I’d be cautious of semi-autos due to the previous lack of reliability but be impressed with it in .30 Remington (I am, I have a Model 8 in .30 REM.)
 
Skeptic13 writes:

Colt New Army
Winchester 1894
Winchester 1897
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These, because, like you, I can also be a bit skeptical, and might be resistant to what is newer, especially if the scenario assumes I'm sheriffin' at the age I currently am

Hell, if I was a small-town marshal or sheriff today, I'd probably still be carrying a wheelgun or, at the most, a 1911. ;)
 
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Agree with Armored Farmer. A SAA in 45 Colt and a 1894 in 30-30. Also a double barreled 12 GA coach gun. For those times when things just need to be stopped NOW!:D
I think a big ol hog leg might just stop some when they see the buisness end pointing at them LOL.

My favorite scenario was to be put back in the Alamo with about 20 guys with M16's that know how to use them and a cart full of ammo.
 
Some years ago I got to help a friend clean
up some guns and accoutrements that
he'd inherited that used to belong to his
great grandpa who was a sheriff's deputy
in rural sw Oklahoma. He had 2 sidearms,
one a break top small 32, the other was a
DA 4 inch something or other that was in
really sad shape. I don't remember what
it happened to be. Used to be a nice nickel
plated something and was in poor shape,
flaking apart badly, so I didn't get to look
too close. I'd guess it was a 38 probably 38S&W cal. Also a long long 12 gauge
break open single. His badge and blackjack
also. Resisting arrest wasn't an option back
then. If you were drunk in public and hadn't
torn up anything or injured or killed someone because of your drunkenness, they'd give you a few taps to remind you to not be
acting stupid anymore, and take you back
to your residence. That was back when
people used a good bit more sound judgment and repeat offenders were few
 
I would also go with Armored farmer's choices: Winchester Model 1897 12 gauge shotgun, Winchester Model 94 .30-30 Carbine, and a Colt Single Action Army in .45 Colt with a 4 5/8" barrel. Off duty I might tuck one of those newfangled Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 pistols into an H. H. Heiser holster I carry on my belt.
 
The easy part: Colt SAA, a shorter-barreled Colt SAA, and Browning Auto-5. For that matter, I was an LEO from 1984 to 2018, and this combo would have worked well, for everything I had to do, in real life. (Not being the chief or sheriff, I had to follow the rules, and was not allowed to qual with any single-action sixgun*, and the A-5 was never on the list of approved shotguns, so I bought pump guns and Benelli autos. (I did have to buy my own duty weapons, within PD guidelines.) I only ever fired one handgun round, in the line of duty, and the shotgun, being a powerful psychological weapon, probably prevented some number of shots from ever being fired. So, yes, in a big city, Houston, Texas, a revolver and shotgun were plenty, to ensure my survival. Notably, Houston was a somewhat wild oil-boom town, into the early-/mid-Eighties, seemingly trying to compete with Detroit for murder capital of the USA.

Being left-eye dominant, I would probably favor a lever rifle, perhaps a Winchester 1895, .30-40 Krag. If one needs a rifle, one might need more range than could be handled with a lever gun chambered for handgun cartridges.

*Single-action auto-loaders were, however, OK, with the 1911 being quite popular duty pistols.
 
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