Winchester Model 1892

**hydroViper235** · 06-18-2021, 10:37 AM

What's the bolt through the lever for?

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**rock** · 06-18-2021, 10:43 AM

Might be for locking trigger but probably for rapid fire.

Rock

**XstreamVking** · 06-18-2021, 10:49 AM

Adj that bolt all the way in and it makes it cock and fire from the hip. Like the riflemans 44-40 did.

The Rifleman's Winchester Model 1892[edit]

Large over-sized lever on the Rifleman's rifle

Westerns were popular when the television show The Rifleman premiered in 1958, and producers tried to find gimmicks to distinguish one show from another. The Rifleman's gimmick was a modified Winchester Model 1892 rifle, with a large ring lever drilled and tapped for a set screw. The lever design allowed him to cock the rifle by spinning it around his hand. In addition, the screw could be positioned to depress the trigger every time he worked the lever, allowing for rapid fire, emptying the magazine in under five seconds during the opening credits.
The trigger-trip screw pin was used in two configurations: with the screw head turned inside (close to the trigger), or more often, outside the trigger guard with a locknut on the outside (to secure its position). In some episodes, the screw was removed when rapid-fire action was not required. When properly adjusted, the screw pulled the trigger when the lever was fully closed. The rapid-fire mechanism was originally designed to keep the program's star, Chuck Connors, from puncturing his finger with the trigger as he quickly cycled the action of the rifle.^{[citation needed]} With this modification, Connors pulling the trigger for each shot was not necessary, so he did not have to place his finger in harm's way.