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My Ringo Kid/The Rifleman carbine
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 5:28 am
by rufrdr
Re: My Ringo Kid/The Rifleman carbine
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:10 am
by Gazoo
I would only be impressed if you did it from the back of a galloping horse with the raines in your teeth anyway !!

Re: My Ringo Kid/The Rifleman carbine
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:16 am
by ovenpaa
I have some absolutely cringe worthy Westerns with captions on 9.5mm Cine film along with Mickey Mouse and still haul them out to watch from time to time. They never were on par with the proper Westerns however always fun to watch.
The Rossi is a good looking rifle. I have watched spin cocking numerous times and despite being tall I have never plucked up the courage to try it with an empty rifle, let alone loaded, forget about shooting myself, I would probably manage to bash myself around the head!
Re: My Ringo Kid/The Rifleman carbine
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:47 am
by Gazoo
actually had a one in .44 which someone had cut down to about 12 inch barrel, not the big ring though just the normal one and of course I gave it a try (empty I hasten to add), nearly broke my bloody fingers
plonker, but that's why you have to do it at home, that and the fact you would be ejected head first from your club of course.
(DONT TRY THIS ON THE RANGE KIDS)

Re: My Ringo Kid/The Rifleman carbine
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:57 am
by breacher
Those oversize loops - I assume they were for use with gloved hands originally ?
Re: My Ringo Kid/The Rifleman carbine
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 6:45 pm
by Chuck
Re: My Ringo Kid/The Rifleman carbine
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 6:49 pm
by DaveB
breacher wrote:Those oversize loops - I assume they were for use with gloved hands originally ?
Yes, that was their original purpose.
Re: My Ringo Kid/The Rifleman carbine
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 6:53 pm
by channel12
breacher wrote:Those oversize loops - I assume they were for use with gloved hands originally ?
The oversize loop was never a factory option, it was movie prop built especially for John Wayne because it was said he had large hands. So this a case of real life imitating art.
Re: My Ringo Kid/The Rifleman carbine
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 6:54 pm
by channel12
DaveB wrote:breacher wrote:Those oversize loops - I assume they were for use with gloved hands originally ?
Yes, that was their original purpose.
Wrong see my post,
Re: My Ringo Kid/The Rifleman carbine
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:03 am
by DaveB
I was fairly sure I had once seen a genuine old Winchester with a larger than normal loop, however thinking back, that loop was nowhere near as large as the movie/TV ones (just a bit larger than stock). If it was never an option then it was probably some local gunsmith's work. Having spent quite a bit of time in very cold winters - making use of the folding trigger-guards on the C1A1 (SLR) - it seemed a pretty good idea to me.