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A question for the experts (this means you!)
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:34 pm
by Greyhawk
Ok.. A customer of mine gave me a copy of a photo of some of Pancho Villa's men today. My question is what kind of rifle is the guy on the far right holding? Is it a Henry? I don't know and I thought I would put the question to the experts. The photo is from about 1911-1912.
Re: A question for the experts (this means you!)
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:53 pm
by tractortad
The original Henry rifle didn't have a wood forearm - that is most likely a Winchester - maybe an 1866 "Yellowboy"?
Re: A question for the experts (this means you!)
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:03 pm
by North Country Gal
Hard to tell from the pic, buy, yeah, it's a Winchester, though not likley a Model 94, which was hugely popular with Villa's fighters. Same for the Mausers you see the revolutionaries carrying in the old pics.
Re: A question for the experts (this means you!)
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 12:29 am
by RanchRoper
My money is on 1866 model.
Re: A question for the experts (this means you!)
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 12:53 am
by Greyhawk
tractortad wrote:The original Henry rifle didn't have a wood forearm - that is most likely a Winchester - maybe an 1866 "Yellowboy"?
Yea- about ten minutes after I posted it I noticed the wood forearm. Looks like a pretty salty group of fellas! I wouldn't want to mess with them!
Re: A question for the experts (this means you!)
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2019 10:51 am
by Redthies
The guy on the left looks like he may have ties to Genghis Khan. I bet he was a pussycat! The guy on the right indeed has a Winchester 1866, but it’s the saddle ring carbine. There were 4 slightly different iterations of the 1866, but it’s too hard to see in the photo whether this is an early or later version. They must have been using the earliest iPhone to take that photo as the pixel count is low. Really low.
