# You're a frontier lawman the 1870/80s, what piece do you want to be packing?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 12, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-frontier-lawman-the-1870-80s-what-piece-do-you-want-to-be-packing/745923 "2016-02-12T13:22:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-frontier-lawman-the-1870-80s-what-piece-do-you-want-to-be-packing/745923/21 "2016-02-13T17:16:09Z")

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As a general purpose sidearm, I like the S&W Model 3. Although it is from towards the end of the time period specified, I’d like to have Winchester 1887 lever action shotgun available. A Winchester 1876 rifle seems a must have. I think I might also like one of the small-framed revolvers from Merwin & Hulbert as a back-up gun.

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