Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Watching Crossfire Trail this evening and I had forgotten Wilfred Brimley’s character used an Evans Repeating a rifle. Cool and weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Shanley said "and they said they didn't have guns that held more than 10 rounds 'back then' " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Interesting write up in Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans_Repeating_Rifle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 i appreciated seeing this , i also liked seeing the other side of it at the very end , i do enjoy seeing these vintage pieces in such great condition , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Old Man Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 We had a guy show up a couple of years ago at a shoot. That was the rifle he used. I wasn't on his posse so I didn't get to see it used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 The first model held 34 rounds of a shorter round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major General Shagnasty Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 And it takes a week to load one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp SASS#1628L Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 "Why do you shoot that old Evans, Joe?" "'Cause it holds 28 rounds and I ain't a very good shot" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I had one for a while, couldn't find ammo, never shot it. Magazine is a helical auger with 4 rows of ammo. That little nub on the front of the lever is the hammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 28 shots...that's 42 ounces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Church Key, SASS # 33713 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 When I first started CAS in 2001, there was a guy from VA who shot an original Evans, Long-barreled Colts, and an exotic 1880 era pump. He said that .the 44 brass he used was $3-4 each until Starline came out with some .44 brass (believe .44 Super) that were about 50 cents each. He dressed in a RR engineers outfit and shot at Waldorf, MD. Was a really cool dude. Don't remember his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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