hOWDY BP
I still drive a '98 Chrysler (that's no longer made) 80 miles a day. Syles points? Not yet. Point being that either being of limited means to not be able to afford a '73 or still having a perfectly functional '66 to need a '73, I would expect to see Henrys in 1880.
BTW, thanks alot, everybody, for making me reconsider my next purchase...
BP
Howdy BP
I guess it depends on how far you want to get into the person you are portraying, I'm not a historian but I have been around for a while , and have done a lot of reading on the old west , and it seems to come down this , just like today , there were people that had little and there were people of wealth, so it comes down to who could afford to have the best in fire arms and who couldn't , but there would always be the few that would have the best that was avaliable , even if they really couldn't afford it, having firearms back then was more important, than driving a new car is today, and even if you couldn't afford a new car , you could , maybe afford the best used car available, and I think it was a lot like this with the guns in the old west , people did there best to have the best , There would always be some that would be forced to use what ever was there to be had , just like today, I have a 1892, 1894, 1873, and I would like to have , and ptobably will have some day an 1860 and an 1866, and 1876, and 1895, but I don't think I would appreciate it as much, if I had it all right now , sometimes too much isn't a good thing, you never have time to appreciate what you have, and back to the point , I suppose if your persona was a towns person, and you weren't in law inforcement, your need for up to date firearms wouldn't be as important as a person ridding into Indian territory, or a wagon train crossing the plains.
Just a Thought
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