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Skiprr wrote: .....The Keanu Reeves thing was a revelation. I always thought of Reeves as a slacker doofus. If anyone was far-left anti-gun, it was Keanu Reeves. Whether that was the case in his twenties, I can't say. But a mutual acquaintance, Dana Workman, clued me in to the 21st Century Reeves.

The man owns and customizes multiple firearms. He shoots 3-gun competitions. He trains regularly with USPSA champion Taran Butler. Color me floored. Absolutely floored.

Maybe we need a separate Topic where we can acknowledge pro-2A actors, celebrities, athletes, politicians...and just notable people out spreading the fact that the Second Amendment really does still exist.

Excellent idea Skiprr! I'll drink to that!

Keanu Reeves, Chuck Norris, Charlton Heston(may he R.I.P.). Who else? Barry Goldwater? Wait. He was a ham radio operator. Angelina Jole; chef Alton Brown, Clint Eastwood, James Earl Jones, and don't forget Ted Nugent, and the list goes on and on:

http://gunssavelives.net/blog/11-pro-gu ... -do-exist/

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/ ... love-guns/

http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/most-inf ... id/654745/

And the list goes on and on.

TxRVer wrote:Chuck Connors had the same problem with a shell falling out. They added a plunger to prevent that.

Like the Rifleman, Steve McQueen's rifle shot .44-40s. Some genius thought .45-70s would look better in his belt. Still, the rifle only held 3 + 1.

What I thought! Thanks for chiming in!

I forgot to add, my 1892 was also in 44-40.

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.

I had a Winchester Mod. 1892 when I was a kid growing up in Clay County. The Rifleman was on tv at the time. I tried more than once, what Lucas did by twirling the rifle around the the lever. It took a while but I finally mastered it. And no, it didn't have the gigantic oval lever.. BUT, every time I tried to lever it, the cartridge FELL out of the gun when it was upside down. I'm sure the extractor was VERY used, as it was in original condition when I got it. But...it never failed to drop the live round that was to go next in the chamber. ALSO...the tv series on the air at the same time Batt Masterson, had an extended barrel he could 'screw onto' his pistol(sight & all) to extend the barrel length out to like 15" or 16". I always wantoed one of those's.

And WHAT was that caliber that Steve McQueen carried in his Mare's Leg, in Wanted, Dead or Alive? It was sure big! 30-30 maybe? If so, it certainly could not have held more than 4 or 5 rounds!