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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. | ||
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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
Film
- Scott Plank as Trout Walker in Holes (2003)
- Charlton Heston as Sam Burgade in The Last Hard Men (1976)
- Several towns people in High Plains Drifter (1973)
- John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn in True Grit (with large lever tear drop loop) (1969)
- Ernest Borgine in The Wild Bunch (1969)
- Rob Ryan in The Wild Bunch (1969)
- Police officer and a Vigilante in Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- FBI Agent in The FBI Story (1959)
- Prison Guards in Each Dawn I Die (1939)
- Prison Guards in San Quentin (1937)
- Barton MacLane as Collins in G Men (1935)
Television
- Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain in The Rifleman (with large lever D loop)
"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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"Mare's Leg" w/ Teardrop lever loop and rounded barrel - .44-40.
Film
- Woody Harrelson in Zombieland (2009)
- 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)
- Woody Strode as Stony in Once Upon a Time in the West (with trigger pin attached to lever for rapid fire)
- Used by Gina Torres in Serenity (2005)
Television
- Used by Gina Torres in Firefly (2002)
- Used by Steve McQueen in Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
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