Rifleman - How many Shots Part 2

Slow motion reveals how many shots chuck fired.

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[jmweed1861]

He is carring an 1873 Winchester. It does hold 12 rounds. I know, I just went out shooting last weekend and used an original. I have one based of the gun used in the rifleman, where the is a rod I built into the round coking lever that puses the trigger to fire the gun as you cock it. You have to be able to make this yourself. No gun was ever made like that for real.

JMWeed Master Gunsmith

[devroshart]

@jmweed1861 It's an1892 Winchester 44/40. Google Rifleman rifle and you'll see.

[profharp]

Why didn't the gun go off when Lucas first swing-cocked it??

[devroshart]

For sake of looking cool, he must have had loaded a dud blank so it wouldn't fire.

[imtinsbrother]

Has anyone considered the following...

1: Blank cartridges were being used for filming.

2: Blanks do not have bullets and are thus shorter than the original cartridge.

3: The Winchester uses a tubular magazine, you know bullets end to end.

4: Thus twelve 12 blanks would fit into a magazine designed for 11 cartridges.

5: Yawn.

[quiettman11]

YES IT sure does a great job and on sight... with no cut..."12 shots fired"! I HAVE A SET OF the show/ on one disk was "interview" CHUCK CONNORS AND THE./ I was shocked,

QUESTION"HOW MANY SHOT"S DID THE RIFLE SHOOT" I almost fell over/ He said they had 2 rifles and one only used in saddle/ Chuck was very knowedgable said that rifle fired 8 bullets/the rest was "all camera work", REASON oddly I thought "To WORK WITH THEME TIMING!! ARNOLD PALMER HAS ONE/ I didn't know the second person's name!!

[endoftheline76]

@endoftheline76 oh shit wrong video

[endoftheline76]

UPSET ALERT: MISSISSIPPI STATE IS ABOUT TO LOSE TO LSU!!!!

[BWNurse1]

I think it is so cool that he can shoot either hand. I wonder if they did this on purpose or were they really not aware of it?

[SoloPilot6]

@imtinsbrother Actually, the 5 in 1 blanks used in WhollyOdd are the same length as a pistol cartridge, so that they will feed in repeaters.

[Kazyman]

@jmweed1861 Well, I started off with the wrong answer (10) but never knew that about the rifle. Very cool that you made one! The Rifleman was & still is, in my opinion the best show there ever was. Thanks for the informative post & keep enjoying that rifle!!

[Steve52344]

@jmweed1861 It's a Model 1892 Winchester Saddle Ring Carbine. I had one. The tube holds 11 rounds of 44-40. But if you have a round already chambered you can get 12 out of it. However, you'd have to fire that first round by pulling the trigger with your finger or the lever action would simply eject it unfired. Of course the loop lever with trigger trip included was never made by Winchester.

[gosoku2]

Original opening he shoots right handed. Here he is shooting left handed. If you watch the series, he does the same thing, sometimes left sometimes right. He was naturally left handed though.

[nancyhoralia]

Don't talk shit about the Rifle Man.He was the shit!