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WTR wrote:And the whole venerated TV series, The Rifleman, was set circa the late 1870s. Only problem is that Lucas McCaine carried a custom Winchester Model 1892.

I also wonder why the rifle does not fire every time he twirls the rifle around to cock it. I thought it was designed to fire when the lever closed. I also like the .45-70 "ballast Steve Mc Queen wears in his gun belt.

This is supposed to be a true replica of the rifle. Look at the lever and a screw has been added to push the trigger when the lever closes. So yeah, I don't know how it could be loaded without firing it. Now on the cap gun one I had there was a piece you could flip up to fire or down out of the way.

I was at a Science Fiction con in Austin not to long ago and the guest of honor, Wesley Chu, headed up a panel called "Writing about what you don't know". He commented (paraphrased), you can write about anything without knowing a thing about it, except guns and ?. (Don't remember that last part.) His first book used "clips" and had several gun errors. Evidently it was pointed out to him frequently.