That is correct. If you watch close sometimes you can see Chuck turn the screw before he starts rapid fire. Back in the day you could usually find one somebody had modified at the Tulsa Gun Show.I think Jim Pag got it right. There was a big article in the American Rifleman a few years back. I think they said it had a screw added to the lever, and when it was extended it tripped the trigger with each pull of the lever.
You have add Wanted Dead or Alive to that list, with Steve McQueenNow put The Rifleman and Sea Hunt together and it really gets interesting!
My mom always tells me the story of when she went into labor with me and told my dad its time to go to the hospital he made her wait until Gunsmoke was over, "just another 15 minutes honey!" lol"The Rifleman", and many others were great, but my favorite -- and I mean All Time Favorite -- is "Gunsmoke".
For over-all quality of the stories, the message, and the reality of the sets, it can't be beat. The character of Matt Dillon is incredible, but he is surrounded by a half dozen others who often carry the show.
And unlike most of the other westerns happiness doesn't always win the day; more like real life.
I'm about to watch an episode right now. jd
When I was a kid back in the '50s, you could see hunters on the trolleys in Philly heading out to hunt near the airport and the swamps on the southern border of the city. They were wearing their hunting clothes, boots and uncased shotguns. Odd, there was never any crime on those trolleys. Today, it'd be swat teams and film at eleven.I like the Rifleman episode where him and Mark are riding on a train and he is sitting there with his rifle. I thought about trying that on the local bus line with my Henry, think it will happen...times have changed.
I think it's just a way faster paced life today, coupled with the degradation of society and moral compass. The dollar is king, first and foremost, with the desire for recognition high up there too.I never missed an episode of The Rifleman, even the theme song stuck in my head and I'd be humming it in the shower days later. After all these years, that theme still rattles around in my head on occasion.
As for "times have changed", I clearly remember taking my single shot Cooey (Canada) .22LR to school in the early 60's with some of the other boys to shoot grouse on the way home during season. The teacher would make us stack our rifles in the "cloak room", ammo stashed in his/her desk. After class we'd be given back our ammo, and grab our rifles to go pot some grouse on the way home. Good times indeed.
No shootings ever took place, no incidents of any kind at all except for the few unlucky grouse that got potted. Question: What has happened with the kids of today? Is it harder to grow up now? What the hell has changed?
"The Rifleman", and many others were great, but my favorite -- and I mean All Time Favorite -- is "Gunsmoke"
A kid in the 50s come on Hog we all know it was the 40sWhen I was a kid back in the '50s, you could see hunters on the trolleys in Philly heading out to hunt near the airport and the swamps on the southern border of the city. They were wearing their hunting clothes, boots and uncased shotguns. Odd, there was never any crime on those trolleys. Today, it'd be swat teams and film at eleven.