Unidentified museum pieces

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Italian Carcano?
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dutch Beaumont rifle?
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Colt?
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These are in the NWMP museum in Fort Macleod...I snapped these just before some grumpy old witch scolded me for using the flash.
 
They are not very good with their firearms knowledge at that museum. A number of those are real easy to identify.

I think I see a carcano and a beaumont vitali there.
 
I have been to this museum recently as well.I could not quite figure out how an Italian Carcano could have been captured by the NWMP in the old fort days from the local Indians,whiskey traders or whatever.It seems to me these guns were probably not imported at all until post WW11.
 
1) Carcano sported for Eatons in the 1920s converted to 6.5MS
4)Dutch Beaumont Vitali M1888 sported
5)Webley RIC style revolver
6) saw a similar one Belgian made stamped "COUNET BREVETTE" 450 cal had one Pryse type locking pin
 
Gomer said:
I have been to this museum recently as well.I could not quite figure out how an Italian Carcano could have been captured by the NWMP in the old fort days from the local Indians,whiskey traders or whatever.It seems to me these guns were probably not imported at all until post WW11.
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Like most other museums, they take alot of donated material from the locals-not specifically NWMP and Indian items. There were alot of Dutch homesteaders in this area which may explain the Beaumont rifle. I remember as a kid when i lived in Ft. Macleod there used to be alot more rifles & pistols on display; not to mention alot more pioneer artifacts as well. Now for the most part it's a big empty space with a few exhibits in wall displays. My guess is that the Carcano fit in that space to fill the display.
 
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