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["DoubleAction"]

I Now Have My Mares Laig !!

["DoubleAction"]

Just a reminder; In Georgia, We have the Lawful Rights to carrying our handguns in the open.

And this includes this pistol ;D

["DoubleAction"]

Based on the gun that cowboy character Josh Randall carried in the 1950’s TV series ”Wanted: Dead or Alive,” Legacy Sports International presents the Bounty Hunter Model 92. Manufactured in Italy by Chiappa Firerms,the Bounty Hunter is considered by Federal Law a handgun, not a rifle. It’s 12” barrel and 24” overall length make it ideal as a pack gun or a nostalgia collectible. With a six round magazine, the Bounty Hunter also features a large, ¾ loop lever and the same beautiful wood and metal finish as the new line of full sized Model 92’s. Available in .45 Colt, .44-40 or .44 Magnum.

www.legacysports.com/products/puma/puma_bhunterm87shot.html

U.S. Code

TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 44 > § 921

§ 921. Definitions

(29) The term “handgun” means—
(A) a firearm which has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand; and
(B) any combination of parts from which a firearm described in subparagraph (A) can be assembled.

(7) The term “rifle” means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of an explosive to fire only a single projectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger.

www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/search/display.html?terms=short%20barreled&url=/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000921----000-.html

["DoubleAction"]

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[Callahan]

DA,

The new issue of American Rifleman has a cover feature on a line of Taurus and Rossi (Taurus owned) rifles. Rossi is making its version of the Mare's Laig, called the Ranch Hand.

Taurus or Rossi is also making a wheelgun rifle that is pretty cool-looking. Looks like there is a shroud to get gases from burning your forearm.

Here's a link. You'll have to do some scrolling:
www.americanrifleman.org/ArticlePage.aspx?id=2447&cid=1

["DoubleAction"]

Jun 25, 2010 8:19:15 GMT -5 Callahan said:

DA,

The new issue of American Rifleman has a cover feature on a line of Taurus and Rossi (Taurus owned) rifles. Rossi is making its version of the Mare's Laig, called the Ranch Hand.

Taurus or Rossi is also making a wheelgun rifle that is pretty cool-looking. Looks like there is a shroud to get gases from burning your forearm.

Here's a link. You'll have to do some scrolling:
www.americanrifleman.org/ArticlePage.aspx?id=2447&cid=1

Callahan; Although the Rossi The Ranch Hand has a Suggested Retail Price: $536, I have found them on the Internet for $406.48.

The Ranch Hand’s 12-inch barrel complies with federal regulations, and features a gold-bead front sight with an adjustable buckhorn rear sight and an oversized loop lever. MSRP is $536.

Caliber: .38 Spl./.357 Mag., .44 Mag., .45 Colt
Action: lever-action repeating pistol
Receiver: investment cast steel
Finish: matte blue
Magazine Capacity: six rounds
Overall Length: 24”
Barrel Length: 12”
Rifling: six groove, 1:30” RH twist
Weight: 4 lbs.
Sights: adjustable buckhorn rear, milled front post with brass insert
Trigger: non-adjustable single stage; 5 lbs. 7 ozs.
Stock: Brazilian hardwood
Accessories: manual, safety lock
Suggested Retail Price: $536

Puma Bounty Hunter Handgun

HOWA/LEGACY SPORTS INT Bounty Hunter Handguns

SPECIFICATIONS:

Category: FIREARMS - HANDGUNS
Type :Handgun
Action :Lever
Caliber : 44 magnum / 44 special
Barrel Length :12
Capacity :6 + 1
Safety :Thumb Safety
Grips :Wood
Sights :Iron
Weight :3 lbs
Finish :Case Hardened Blued

$1,209.99

I cannot find any current detailed images of the Rossi Ranch Hand; However, I took these pictures of The Puma a few weeks ago.

www.gunpundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/shot09-puma-m-92-bounty-hunter.jpg

Marushin Winchester M1892 Randall Custom

Airsoft

Description
Weight: 1850g
Length: 500mm
Material: Real Wood Stock & Metal
Capacity: 24rds(6mm BB)
System: Gas
USD $322.0

www.shootercity-airsoft.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17_177&products_id=3289&zenid=5f141ab204a842d40a4e23244e78139e

[MLB]

I thought of DA when reading that article. The Rossi "Ranch Hand" looks just like the Puma.

The "Circuit Judge" is one odd duck. A 45LC revolver with a stock and a long barrel. Interesting, but I don't think it's for me.

["DoubleAction"]

Jun 25, 2010 21:41:09 GMT -5 MLB said:

I thought of DA when reading that article. The Rossi "Ranch Hand" looks just like the Puma.

I thought the same thing and I even searched the Rossi website for the same as the Puma, when first thought about it. There are differences in the two pistols, but I would like to have the Rossi pistol anyway.

["DoubleAction"]

The Original Mare's Laig

Designed By Kenneth Graeme Howard

Kenneth Graeme Howard (September 7, 1929–September 19, 1992), also known as Dutch, Von Dutch or J.L. Bachs (Joe Lunch Box), was a motorcycle mechanic, eccentric, artist, pinstriper, metal fabricator, knifemaker, and gunsmith.
Von Dutch was a major influence in the customizing of vehicles in the 1950s to today. Some of his famous works include the flying eyeball and the custom Kenford truck[1], along with numerous custom motorcycles and many award-winning custom cars. Among many custom car and motorcycle enthusiasts, he is thought of as one of the fathers of Kustom Kulture.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Howard#Work

“Mare’s Leg”
Type cut-down lever-action rifle
Place of origin United States
Production history
Designer Kenny “Von Dutch” Howard
Designed 1958
Produced 1958, 1993

Number built 3 (1958), ~2 (1993)

Specifications
Length ~2 feet[1]
Barrel length ~12 inches[1]

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Cartridge 44-40 (actual)
45-70 (fictional)
Action Lever-action
Feed system 6-round Tubular magazine

In 1958, Von Dutch designed and produced the "Mare's Leg", a cut-down Winchester rifle for the television series Wanted: Dead or Alive.

Other appearances
The gun makes an appearance as the favorite weapon of key characters in a film sequel to the McQueen series, and two later series, that use the weapon as an homage.

The film Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987) starred Rutger Hauer as Nick Randall, the grandson of Josh Randall. Nick keeps his grandfather’s Mare’s Leg in a display case in his office.

The television series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994) starred Julius Carry as Lord Bowler, whose weapon is a Mare’s Leg.

In the television series Firefly (2002) — and its film sequel Serenity (2005) — Gina Torres plays Zoe Alleyne Washburne, whose weapon of choice is a Mare’s Leg. The prop used was the same one created for Brisco County, Jr..

At the beginning of the film "Once Upon A Time in the West," one of the three gunmen (played by Woody Strode in a silent cameo) sent to kill "Harmonica" (played by Charles Bronson) is armed with a "Mare's Leg."


Replicas
There have been a number of toys based on the Mare’s Leg from small cap guns, to larger detailed toys complete with a holster.

A number of companies have marketed functional reproductions of the Mare’s Leg, making them the same way as the original, by cutting down Winchester rifles. These reproductions also have the same legal restrictions as the original; a rifle may not have a barrel length less than 16 inches without a Class 3 weapons permit, available in only some states.[5]

Because of the legal problems, non-functional prop-quality replicas have also been produced by the same companies that make functional copies.

www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Mare's_Leg

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Howard#Work

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare's_Leg

en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/6082875