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:It allows you to spin the gun one-handed. Other than that, it actually makes the gun take longer to cycle. I never understood by The Rifleman used a large lever model, a small lever would have been quicker.
:It allows you to spin the gun one-handed. Other than that, it actually makes the gun take longer to cycle. I never understood by The Rifleman used a large lever model, a small lever would have been quicker.


 
umm, actually I'm pretty sure the large lever loop was originally designed to accommodate the use of cowboy gloves while shooting, its ability to allow someone to spin the rifle one handed was something that came later
 





Revision as of 04:05, 13 October 2009

The Winchester 1892 has been seen in the following films:

Sooner or later, I'll make pages for all of these movies. -GM

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Winchester 1892 - .38-40
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Winchester 1892 -.32WCF/.38-40/.44-40/.25-20.
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Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine - .32WCF/.38-40/.44-40/.25-20.

Film

  • John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn in True Grit (with large lever tear drop loop) (1969)

Television


"Mare's Leg"

A 6 shot shortened pistol version of the Winchester 1892 rifle, known effectionatly as "Mare's Leg" has been seen in the following films:

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Winchester 1892 "Mare's Leg" w/ D lever loop and rounded barrel - .44-40.
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"Mare's Leg" w/ Teardrop lever loop and rounded barrel - .44-40.

Film

  • Steve McQueen as Josh Randall in Wanted: Dead or Alive (.44-40 caliber, first with rounded barrel and D lever loop and later with octagonal barrel and tear drop lever loop)

Television

What is the advantage of the oversized lever loop?

It allows you to spin the gun one-handed. Other than that, it actually makes the gun take longer to cycle. I never understood by The Rifleman used a large lever model, a small lever would have been quicker.

umm, actually I'm pretty sure the large lever loop was originally designed to accommodate the use of cowboy gloves while shooting, its ability to allow someone to spin the rifle one handed was something that came later