Originally Posted by crossfireoops
There was a collector up in Alberta years ago that displayed several NWMP Carbines, both the original early models, and the "New Pattern".
Replacing their clapped out Sniders with the 45-75s must have made for some fairly happy (and formidable) Mounties,....and the legend and lore surrounding those Carbine's exploits is a fundamental component of Western Canadian History,....Batoche, Duck Lake, Riel, DuMont, etc.

Here's a good read about one of em',...talk about provenance.

Link: http://www.antiquearmsinc.com/winch...nted-police-rcmp-legion-frontiersmen.htm

GTC
I would think that the '76 would have been a comforting thing for an LEO back in those days. IIRC, those were full-stocked "muskets".

I once had the chance to buy a new Winchester '73. It still was in the factory cosmoline. It was a musket, made for the Australian military, IIRC. There was a rack of them this old boy had. $2300. I have lamented not purchasing it then and there, manys the time.