Not that we can do much "carrying" of handguns up here north of the Medicine Line - at least in the sense that you fellers mean - but I
can get a permit to carry one at appropriate historical re-enactment events .....
Seeing as how my Chaparral '76 is North West Mounted Police configuration (and chambered in the appropriate .45-75 of course) the most appropriate revolver for me to pack along with it could be considered to be my NWMP-issue .476 Enfield revolver (the primary NWMP sidearm at the time the Winchester was on issue) -
![](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i219/GrantRCanada/Webley%20and%20other%20revolvers/476_02a.jpg)
![](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i219/GrantRCanada/NWMP%20carbine/Chapparal_rightside_map.jpg)
Mind you, since 1876 Winchesters of the same configuration were also issued to mounted troops during the 1885 North West Rebellion (including the non-uniformed irregulars raised in the area) another historically appropriate handgun would be my Model 1878 Colt Double Action in .45 Colt, one of 1,001 such nickel-plated revolvers purchased by the Canadian Department of Militia & Defence for issue during that emergency -
![](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i219/GrantRCanada/Canadian%20military%20firearms/Marcel01_sm.jpg)
Militia Cavalrymen of the Governor-General's Body Guard, 1885 -
![](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i219/GrantRCanada/NWMP%20carbine/Governor-GeneralsBodyGuardAtentsqua.jpg)
Rocky Mountain Ranger, 1885 (with NWMP-pattern '76 strapped to saddle pommel) -
![](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i219/GrantRCanada/1885%20Rebellion/Barker.jpg)
Here I am (in my persona as Rocky Mountain Ranger Scout 'Rattlesnake Jack' Robson) at an event held just this past August at The Fort Museum - NWMP & First Nations Interpretive Centre in Fort Macleod, Alberta, photographed in front of an
original NWMP-issue Model 1876. (Yes, I do have a holstered revolver on my belt, although it is out of sight on my right side.) -
![](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i219/GrantRCanada/Fort%20Macleod%202012/IMG_7252_SM.jpg)
It would be absolutely fantastic to have an original like that ...... but the only one I know of currently for sale has an asking price of $7500! (I am bravely avoiding any follow-up on it .....)