South African Model 1873 Winchester

[Centurion]

In my previous posts I had been focussed on the Canadians as the most-likely colonial troops to have favoured Winchester rifles as personal favourites supplementing the standard issue weapons of the day. I was therefore surprised to receive a picture from an English gentleman of no-less a personage than Lord Robert Baden-Powell (founder of the Boy Scout movement), then colonel-commanding officer of the South African Scouts, who clearly favoured his Winchester saddle-ring carbine for personal defense:

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[vintage hunter]

I was therefore surprised to receive a picture from an English gentleman of no-less a personage than Lord Robert Baden-Powell (founder of the Boy Scout movement), then colonel-commanding officer of the South African Scouts, who clearly favoured his Winchester saddle-ring carbine for personal defense:

He may have but in that photo he's posed with a medium frame Colt Lightning carbine, not a Winchester. Note the absence of a lever loop and also that the barrel/mag tube is visible between the stubby fore end and his right hand.

[Centurion]

--Yes, on second view I have to agree with you. I guess, in any case, it documents that some officers did not solely carry standard-issue firearms.