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I do not have a dog in this fight, but I do know the seller, Mike DiMuzio. He was friends with the man who made this rifle, Moe Hunt. I had spoken to Moe several times, over the telephone, about 5 years ago. I found out about the sale of this rifle, by checking in on Mike's site.
Shawn
"That's right, Billy, I'm good with it. I hit what I shoot at, and I'm fast!"-Lucas McCain, c1882.
I am glad to see that screw that activates the trigger when
the lever is closed. I had a cap gun lever action rifle when
I was a kid and I always thought that would be a good idea
for a fast shootin lever action.
You would have to be very careful with that setup as
it could sure get tricky with unanticipated results.
The cap gun that I had could be switched quickly
from auto fire to normal use as the protusion
that stuck out and contacted the trigger could be
folded down flat against the lever handle.
It's the first time I've thought about cap guns in several
decades. I guess today a kid with a toy gun that goes
bang would bring a swat team to the neighborhood.
I just watched an episode of the Rifleman on the Western channel and really like that rifle, but I can't pay $4,900 for one.
Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else thereafter.
Ernest Hemingway, "On the Blue Water," Esquire, April 1936
Great pictures and story! I'm old enough to have grown up with The Rifleman tv show; thoroughly loved it. One of the oldie networks ran the series a few years back and I taped about a dozen episodes. I remember thinking how cool the introduction to the show was, with Chuck Connors purposefully walking down the middle of the street, firing his rifle. Then, looking up at the viewer while he reloaded. Absolutely cool !
Today, the nanny-staters would be having hissy fits if a new show came out and tried the exact same thing. Of course, they'd be all worried about the influence this would have on "the children." Funny, but for some reason, we all turned out just fine. Don't remember hearing about any incidents of mass shootings immediately after a Rifleman episode, either. Boy, those were better times. - DixieBoy
When the People Fear Their Government There is Tyranny; When the Government Fears the People There is Liberty.
Hey, Dixieboy, you know why we turned out OK. It was caring parents (one or two) that raised us and weren't afraid to paddle our bottoms if we got mouthy or out of line. Now days it seems to me that many parents just dump their kids off at school and into society and let us raise them. But if their teachers or neighbors try to help, the parent(s) jump into the lottery line with legal threats.
Amen compadre. I hear all this nonsense today about making spanking a child into a crime. Don't these morons realize that there is a world of difference between beating a child and a spanking.
I know that I pushed the limits as a kid, and received many a well earned spanking. Now, as an adult, I know that I needed those spankings.
You're right. Caring and involved parents had everything to do with us turning out alright. I pray for the modern generation with parents who don't have a clue what's going on with their kids. - DixieBoy
When the People Fear Their Government There is Tyranny; When the Government Fears the People There is Liberty.
I am not saying this is a GOOD methodology of raising children:
I can remember if I got out of line, the nearest adult would " kick my butt"
and when my folks found out about it , I would get it again for causing the situation to occur.
Child abuse is unacceptable, but a swift kick to the posterior never damaged anything except juvinile pride.
mescalero1 wrote:I am not saying this is a GOOD methodology of raising children:
I can remember if I got out of line, the nearest adult would " kick my butt"
and when my folks found out about it , I would get it again for causing the situation to occur.
Child abuse is unacceptable, but a swift kick to the posterior never damaged anything except juvinile pride.
+1,000!!!
One of the worst forms of child abuse - and now one of the most common - is the failure of parents to teach their kids self discipline through external discipline - which sometimes must include, to be effective, corporal punishment. A child that knows no bounds growing up just becomes a self-absorbed monster later in life.
The feller that is selling this gun is Mike DiMuzio. He is a big fan of the rifleman and does a great reenacting show. Mike and I have corresponded many time over the years. He and I both knew Moe Hunt before his unfortunate death.
Mike got this gun from Moe and as mentioned it is probably not a gun that Conners ever owned but he probably did shoot it out at Moes ranch.
[quoteOne of the worst forms of child abuse - and now one of the most common - is the failure of parents to teach their kids self discipline through external discipline - which sometimes must include, to be effective, corporal punishment. A child that knows no bounds growing up just becomes a self-absorbed monster later in life. [/quote]
You got that one right!! My sister raised her kid like that, and that's exactly how he turned out!!!!! That kid just ain't got any brains!
If I remember right there were three guns modified for the series, one an El Tigre. I don't think Connors ever owned one of those, as they were all studio guns. He had two or three modified for himself after the series ended to use when he attended special events or preformed as "The Rifleman". I think they were all original M.92's. I worked on one or two of the original M.92's that were the studio guns. I never saw the El Tigre. I was looking around just now and found the serial number for one of the series guns. #138350 44/40 mfg. 1896.
"[quoteOne of the worst forms of child abuse - and now one of the most common - is the failure of parents to teach their kids self discipline through external discipline - which sometimes must include, to be effective, corporal punishment. A child that knows no bounds growing up just becomes a self-absorbed monster later in life. [/quote]
You got that one right!! My sister raised her kid like that, and that's exactly how he turned out!!!!! That kid just ain't got any brains!"
You want to separate goals, strategy, and tactics: The goal is however you want your child to be when it grows up. The strategy on the discipline front is to be in a position to lead the child to discipline. The tactics are absolutely anything that will work.
I have 3 kids, 2 to the begining of their teens, never needed to use corporal punishment on any of them. I don't doubt there are folks who lack the skills to avoid it, and there are kids who are a lot tougher to lead that others. I still have some tough years ahead. But it is like anything else there are folks who have to work terribly hard to make a buck, and others who seem to attract money like water to a sponge. I wouldn't want to say "life is tough, you have to work till you bust a gut, hard labour discipline and getitng up early are the only ways to make money..." It just isn't true. Or take love. Some folks need to be really, really good cooks, and housekeepers, and others only need to smile to attract a guy.
As the saying goes "if all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail"
