steveno
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in the episode that I just come across the Rifleman has the wearing sheriff's badge on the right side. I always thought the badge was worn on the left side. what's the deal?
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Can't say about the TV show, but back in the Old West there were no standards about how to wear a badge. Lawmen wore them as they saw fit.
Chuck was left handed.
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Just enjoy the episode.
UncleEd
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Since the stalwart Western
lawmen knew the badge could
be a target for every fast gun
in the territory, it was a matter
of which side the lawmen wanted
to get shot.
Code of the West, page 4,
paragraph 8.
lawmen knew the badge could
be a target for every fast gun
in the territory, it was a matter
of which side the lawmen wanted
to get shot.
Code of the West, page 4,
paragraph 8.
LoboGunLeather
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Personally, I have learned that relying on popular televisions shows or movies for factual information is seldom the best plan. Dramatic effect always trumps reality.
RobertJ.
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Here's the clip:[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrOPVo5GFY4[/ame]
Lucas was an amateur. Matt Dillon had over 380 notches and only took 56 hits.
BLACKHAWKNJ
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In the opening credits he fires 10 shots out of a 9 round magazine. And he carries a Winchester 1892 in a program set in the 1880s.
UncleEd
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Nine plus one in the chamber? Winchester 1892? That
was a marketing mistake as I've seen it used as far
back as 1845. And that's reel history.
I was just a little kid all I wanted to see was Chuck spin and shoot the rifle and then off shooting bad guys with my Daisey
Movie blanks shorter than real rounds?? Don't think Hollywood ever worried much about details. I sure didn't as a kid.
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Steve McQueen was a pretty good shot, he said the one time he fired the Mare's Leg it kicked like a mule and he couldn't hit anything with it.
A .44-40 with .45-70's in the loops. Deceitful, I tell ya!
UncleEd
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The Western movie blanks are known as 5-in-1s.
Older Westerns they fit .38-40, .44-40 and .45
Colt revolvers as well as Winchester .38-40 and
.44-40s. Nowadays the 5-in-l is good for the
aforementioned three calibers but also .44 Special
and .44 Magnum. The crimping designs
duplicated the actual length of the cartridges
to work in feeding level guns.
Today with 9 mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, .223 and .308 the
crimping also duplicates the actual lengths of those
cartridges so they work in auto weapons.
Ivan the Butcher
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I SAW WHAT YOU DID THERE! 
Step N. Mud
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A recently watched rerun episode, when Lucas pins the badge on his right side and Mica responds, most folks put the badge over the heart on the left side and Lucas comments he's OK with that. LOL
I couldn't hear what his response actually was.
I couldn't hear what his response actually was.
usmc2427765
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It is Hollywood, I am surprised it wasn't attached to his head.
A .44-40 with .45-70's in the loops. Deceitful, I tell ya!
If I am not mistaken in the first episode the doctor removing a bullet from someone shot with his mares leg said it was a 30-30 bullet.
Seems it was a very versatile firearm. /s
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