And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saw an interview on TV with him one time. He said that was him firing the rifle but the studio added the gunshot sounds post production. That would account for the mismatch between shot and sound s of shots.
James Arness was the original "Thing". You can actually recognize him. Chuck Connors did some real acting as a bad guy in "The Big Country". My favorite Western, in spite of Gregory Peck being the hero.
I like the medium loop levers from Ranger Point Precision better than the full size ones. Got a full size Wild West Alaska Lever on my Marlin Guide gun and it looks cool but is probably too big.
Can't remember how many levers my dad replaced as a gunsmith. Everyone wanted to play that actor, but few could do it without jerking and breaking the lever. Not an expensive fix, but it was pretty apparent who 'was just cleaning it and it broke'.
Always confused as to why he could shoot little tiny balls off the top of the saloon sign but always missed when he aimed. Supposedly credited with being the first basketball player to shatter the backboard.
Welded up my own lever for the 92 deer carbine, had to, got hams for fists and trying to keep my fingers in the stock dainty lever loop is rather painful after a couple hour bush-wacking and still hunting it. So much more comfortable and get a much improved finger position on the trigger. Easier to carry too.
I've read that the gun was modified so that as soon as the action was closed it would fire without the trigger being touched. If you try to cycle a 92 or 94 fast you will pinch your finger between the lever and the end of the trigger. I learned that the hard way. Al_in_Ottawa
In the late 70s, there was a Sunday evening call-in radio show in SLC, UT. They would have a celebrity guest and a topic for the day. One time the topic was the Kennedy assassination and the celeb was Connors. They kept arguing that Oswald could not have made those shots that fast by himself. There was no mention of "The Rifleman."
Chuck Connors, played for the Celtics, Dodgers, Cubs and drafted (but never played) by the Bears. One thing we know, he couldn’t skate.
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ReplyDeletemostly bogus
Saw an interview on TV with him one time. He said that was him firing the rifle but the studio added the gunshot sounds post production. That would account for the mismatch between shot and sound s of shots.
DeleteHe played the monster in the original movie "The Thing" (1951)
ReplyDeleteJames Arness (Matt Dillon) played the Thing in the 1951 movie "The Thing From Another World".
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The movie "The Thing" was from 1982 and starred Kurt Russell.
James Arness's brother was Peter Graves, from the "Mission Impossible" TV show in the 1960's and 1970's.
James Arness was the monster in The Thing.
ReplyDeleteJames Arness was the original "Thing". You can actually recognize him.
ReplyDeleteChuck Connors did some real acting as a bad guy in "The Big Country". My favorite Western, in spite of Gregory Peck being the hero.
I like the medium loop levers from Ranger Point Precision better than the full size ones. Got a full size Wild West Alaska Lever on my Marlin Guide gun and it looks cool but is probably too big.
ReplyDeleteCan't remember how many levers my dad replaced as a gunsmith. Everyone wanted to play that actor, but few could do it without jerking and breaking the lever. Not an expensive fix, but it was pretty apparent who 'was just cleaning it and it broke'.
ReplyDeleteAlways confused as to why he could shoot little tiny balls off the top of the saloon sign but always missed when he aimed. Supposedly credited with being the first basketball player to shatter the backboard.
ReplyDeleteWelded up my own lever for the 92 deer carbine, had to, got hams for fists and trying to keep my fingers in the stock dainty lever loop is rather painful after a couple hour bush-wacking and still hunting it. So much more comfortable and get a much improved finger position on the trigger. Easier to carry too.
ReplyDeleteHeck of an area to place a gun stock while shooting. I have a big loop
ReplyDelete44 Magnum. It was my Dad's
Starred in my favourite western The Big Country as a villain
ReplyDeleteThat's a model 92, so I'm betting it's shooting the Hollywood, "universal" 44 blanks.
ReplyDeleteI've read that the gun was modified so that as soon as the action was closed it would fire without the trigger being touched. If you try to cycle a 92 or 94 fast you will pinch your finger between the lever and the end of the trigger. I learned that the hard way.
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Reminds my of my honeymoon
ReplyDeleteShooting blanks?
DeleteNo... emptying his chamber too fast.
DeleteIn the late 70s, there was a Sunday evening call-in radio show in SLC, UT. They would have a celebrity guest and a topic for the day. One time the topic was the Kennedy assassination and the celeb was Connors. They kept arguing that Oswald could not have made those shots that fast by himself. There was no mention of "The Rifleman."
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