That's not a Mare's Leg...

[cluttonfred]

With the popularity of the Mare's Leg lever action pistols, I have an idea....

Marlin Firearms, are you listening? You can put all those pipsqueaks to shame. What we need is a Mare's Leg version of the Marlin Model 1895 Cowboy, say a 12" barrel and four rounds of big, booming .45-70 goodness. Impractical, irresponsible...wouldn't it be grand?

 

[natman]

A mare's leg with 45-70 recoil?

Ouch!

 

[Deltaboy1984]

It would seperate the men from the boys real fast.

 

[Jac]

It's not on their site now, but Wild West Guns in Alaska at one time had a 45/70 SBR available. Mean lookin' gun, that...

 

[fyurstarter]

Awesome! Everyone needs a lever action hand cannon!

 

[scaatylobo]

I like it.

And to make it actually possible to shoot,how about a 'squib' load that will barely make it out of the barrel [ like about 1000 FPS ] so it could actually be used.

 

[InkEd]

First, they need to catch-up on production demand for the 1895CSS in .38/.357 magnum!

 

[Nushif]

Actually ... how about a .22 Lever Action with a proper loading gate side loading thingie?

 

[CraigC]

I hope not! Maybe Marlin understands that it's just a silly marketing gimmick and would rather focus on using their rifle actions for rifles that you can actually use???

 

[bigfatdave]

Actually ... how about a .22 Lever Action with a proper loading gate side loading thingie?

You are aware that .22lr ammo can be deformed by hand and that some rounds will be damaged by shoving them through a spring-loaded gate, around a bend, and into a spring-loaded tube, right?
The mechanism to allow gate-loading in a .22lr lever-gun doesn't exist (at least, not within the price-point that .22lr leverguns sell at)

 

[M2 Carbine]

45-70?

No, I think not. I'll just stay with my .357 and 22.

 

[Dnaltrop]

I considered a 45-70 BFR pistol at the peak of the ammo shortages... never could find local .45 colt.. but could always find boxes of the wrist-abusing stuff.

Mares leg's extra weight might make that sort of thing more manageable... I'd be intrigued at the least.

 

[303tom]

A Mares Leg !

 

[Shanghai Dan]

Deltaboy wrote:

It would seperate the men from the boys real fast.

And a lot of hands from wrists for the rest!

 

[HOOfan_1]

Mares legs are popular? For what?

 

[bigfatdave]

Mares legs are popular? For what?

shooting, mostly

 

[M2 Carbine]

shooting, mostly

My 38/357 works well for creating empty cases so I have a LOT of brass to reload.

 

[Cop Bob]

Humm... seems a tad much, might be more of a wrist wrencher that most mortal men would care to handle...

The original one made for Steve McQueen for the Wanted Dead of Alive TV series was in 44-40, however, the small pistol cartridges didn't film well, look cool enough, so he carried 45-70's on his cartridge belt... maybe this is where this comes from?

 

[Nushif]

You are aware that .22lr ammo can be deformed by hand and that some rounds will be damaged by shoving them through a spring-loaded gate, around a bend, and into a spring-loaded tube, right?
The mechanism to allow gate-loading in a .22lr lever-gun doesn't exist (at least, not within the price-point that .22lr leverguns sell at)

That's why I said they need to work on that.

 

[ball3006]

Steve McQueen's gun was 44-40 but his ammo belt was full of 30-30 cartridges. The vintage TV station here plays all those old western shows....chris3

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Deltaboy wrote:

It would seperate the men from the boys real fast.

And a lot of hands from wrists for the rest!

You have to know me to truely understand. I have shot 12 gauge 00 buck in a pistol gripped 870, S&W 44 mags and Freedom Arms 454 pistols over the years. A Mares leg weighs more than a cut down 870 and should be fun to shoot.

 

[DPris]

No- McQueen's belt held straightwalled .45-70 rounds, not bottlenecked .30-30.
Denis

 

[DM~]

A mare's leg with 45-70 recoil?

Ouch!

I doubt you'd have to worry about recoil, well at least not for a few months....until it came back from Remington a few times , off being repaired so it was usable...

DM