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Does anyone know were to find a copy of the Rifleman's rifle. off the TV show The Rifleman with Chuck Conners
 
Might help if you asked about "The Rifleman".
Do a Google search with it spelled correctly and you should find what you need.
 
When I was a kid, I drilled a hole in the lever of my lever action .22, threaded it and put a screw in it, so that when I cycled the lever back all the way it would pull the trigger. It was awesome... for a minute, in my head... I WAS the rifleman.
 
Somehow, having a rifle that goes off when you load it sounds not only counter-productive for any kind of accuracy, but very dangerous for those not expecting it..

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"Have Gun, Will Travel" is available to purchase as well. They have only made it to Season III, but I suspect that the rest will be along soon. In any event, it is the best of the TV westerns IMO. Watch an episode http://www.imdb.com/video/cbs/vi395444249/

The best episodes are not available to watch, but is a free sample and a trip down memory lane for some. Simon and Simon, the A Team and other shows are available from IMDB as well...

:)
 
Crap, now I want one of those rifles. I loooooved that show "The Rifleman". Lol, when I was a teen, while staying at my grand parents house I got paw paws Winchester 30-30 lever action and tried to do a twirl and cock. Almost broke my fingers...........
 
But wasn't that rifle set up to fire as soon as the loading lever was brought back up into the closed position and Lucas McCain didn't even have to pull the trigger?
 
there was a screw in the lever so when he pulled back the lever the screw would hit the trigger and when he didnt want it to go off... like in a twirl (i can do it by the way) he would loosen it so it wouldt hit the trigger.
 
what i liked about this show is that he never used the rifle for bad only good. and only used it when he had to... they should come out with a movie or TV show were Chuck is long gone and it is Mark who carries the rifle now, that would be a good show
 
When The Rifleman was in preproduction Chuck Connors was trained to use the 1892 carbine by cycling the lever open & closed with his finger just inside the trigger guard, so when it closed his finger would be in position to pull the trigger naturally.
One part of TV production is insurance,; the star is insured, that is; if he's out sick and they start losing $$$, they can file a claim against it.
How does this relate? The insurance guy saw Connors cycling & firing the '92 like that and said he couldn't do it because if the trigger stabbed his finger, and he was unable to work, they wouldn't cover it because it was a foreseeable event .... so the producers got the clever idea of having the prop shop stick the screw through the lever to trip the trigger!
The rest is TV history.


And, yeah .... no way would I want a real lever action to fire on closing the lever like that in real life.
 
Take a close look at the Legacy Sports ad.

The screw on the rifle has an asterisk by it.

The note says something like "Non-Functioning, for appearance only".


Having a real rifle like that is probably considered a little risky. And I can't imagine you're going to see any kind of accuracy either.

Cool idea for a TV show, but the reality is a little different.

And yes, I do remember the TV show. I watched it when it showed orignally.

Man, am I old.

Heres the Legacy sports ad text:

• Large loop lever with set screw in trigger guard*
• Commemorative medallion with Chuck Connors’ likeness on the right side of the stock
• Chuck Connors’ signature laser engraved in the right side of the stock
• “Special Edition” etched into the right side of the receiver
• Chuck Connors’ signature etched into the left side of the receiver
• Chambered in The Rifleman’s original .44-40 caliber
• Each Rifle comes with a Certificate of Authentication and a print of a Portrait of Chuck Connors
• Each Rifle also Includes a CD of two RIFLEMAN episodes
*Non-Functional. For Appearance Only.
Click to expand...
 
If you watch the intro... how many shots does he shoot... 12. but the rifle he used only held 11. thats why they cut the scene. one up close and one a little farther away
 
The set screw was the gimick for Conners. John Wayne, in Stagecoach (1930's) was the first with the large loop lever, and cock by spinning. Good movie, in any event if you haven't seen it, or not in a long while. Wayne used the large loop lever 92 in many of his films, it was a somewhat of a trademark for him.

Large loop levers can be had for 92's and 94's.
 
I believe it was the one used in the opening. I just know that he kept one that was still fully functional rapid fire and all.
 
IIRC there were several rifles used in the show. One was actually a "El Tigre," which was a Spanish clone of the 1892. I also believe that the shape of the lever loop was altered at one point in time.

I believe the El Tigre was used whenever the rifle had to be abused, such as dropped or likewise.
 
When I was growing up we had a toy lever action rifle that shot a plastic bullet. You loaded the bullet in a case and put a green "stick-em" cap on the back. When you pulled the trigger the bullet went flying out the barrel. IIRC the case had a small hole in it. This was my introduction to reloading.

This little levergun had a tab on the lever you could extend that would cup over the tip of the trigger and fire the gun when the lever wa closed. Most likely inspired by "TheRifleman" tv show. My cousin had the same rifle. We had the best gun battles in the house so we didn't lose our bullets.

I don't know why they don't make cool toys like that anymore.
 
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