This Mare's Leg Lever Action Rifle has a fully working cap firing and bullet ejecting mechanism.
This means you can you can fit a cap in to the end of the bullet, load up to 6 rounds into the chamber, then fire and eject the shells just like the real thing.
This takes your mind back in time and gives you a feeling of the old wild west.
The Mare's Leg is the name given to a customized shortened rifle used by Steve McQueen's character on the television series Wanted: Dead or Alive. (1958-1961) This is essentially a cut down Henry Lever Action Rifle. This cap firing replica is based on the famous gun used in the series and comes in 3 finishes.
Total length is approx. 21 inches.
Back in the heyday of the TV Western, Steve McQueen, the star of “Wanted: Dead or Alive,” rode across black-and-white screens toting a sidearm like nothing any lawman or outlaw had carried before. A cut-down, modified version of repeating rifle, this recognizable shootin’ iron could be holstered like a pistol but fired with the speed of lever-action rifle.
Nicknamed the Mare’s Leg, this innovative weapon swiftly brought outlaws to justice every week and rose to fame as the real star of the short-lived show. Now fans of those classic westerns and collectors of innovative firearms can holster this lever action pistol manufactured in the spirit and style of the original made for TV classic.