a right handed lever gun
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When that design came about, you had already outshot everyone in capacity alone and had time to reload the way it is designed. Interesting thought though. I'm sure J.M. Browning knew what he was doing. Other than the loading gate, I'm not sure the gun is right or left handed. The empties go up over the top and back. I'd like to watch you shoot that fast and long and keep reloading. Zombies?
I suspect it was designed with the gate on the right so you could use your right hand to load. Most people have more coordination with their right hand.
With Winchester centerfire lever actions, you can't top them off anyway. When loading, you insert cartridges until the rim is just shy of clearing the gate. You push it all the way in with the next cartridge, again stopping when that rim is just short of entering. Repeat until full. There is no cartridge stop like on a pump shotgun, so when a cartridge is fully inserted it's pushed back into the action by the magazine tube spring where it blocks the gate and prevents loading additional cartridges until the last round is in the chamber.
With Winchester centerfire lever actions, you can't top them off anyway. When loading, you insert cartridges until the rim is just shy of clearing the gate. You push it all the way in with the next cartridge, again stopping when that rim is just short of entering. Repeat until full. There is no cartridge stop like on a pump shotgun, so when a cartridge is fully inserted it's pushed back into the action by the magazine tube spring where it blocks the gate and prevents loading additional cartridges until the last round is in the chamber.
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i had to go dig a 94 out of the safe...you are correct sir.
*add...watching old westerns is what made me think of it. your right hand on the trigger w/one in the chamber and reloading with your left seems like an easier way to use a levergun as an offensive weapon.
*add...watching old westerns is what made me think of it. your right hand on the trigger w/one in the chamber and reloading with your left seems like an easier way to use a levergun as an offensive weapon.
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gunblade
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If you take your non shooting hand off the forearm to load, then you're holding the gun up with your shooting hand which is less stable, and you can't work the lever normaly anyway, so having your finger on the trigger while inserting more rounds into the mag tube would seem to have little added benefit in getting the rifle into battery quickly after reloading IMO. I can keep a lever action up to my shoulder and on target more securely using my non shooting hand and loading with my shooting hand than the other way around.
Shadow1006
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Funny, I thought it was so you could load while riding a horse!
Your finger shouldn't be on the trigger if you are loading anyway!
Your finger shouldn't be on the trigger if you are loading anyway!
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