Rifleman opening scene

[Rye Miles #13621]

Did ya ever try counting how many shots the rifleman shoots in the opening scene? Well thanks to the internet here it is!!

 

 

[Cypress Sun]

Sure wasn't as many spent brass as shots. I counted four.

[Rye Miles #13621]

15 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said:

Sure wasn't as many spent brass as shots. I counted four.

They’re hard to see, they fly pretty high and wide! 

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

If my rememberer is right, he fires ten, but they dubbed in another gunshot to make it match the music.

[Rye Miles #13621]

1 minute ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

If my rememberer is right, he fires ten, but they dubbed in another gunshot to make it match the music.

You can see the smoke coming out of the barrel on the 8-9-10-11-12 shots

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

I'm going to play Devils Advocate here. 
The exact number can't be calculated based on the video itself.
Here is why:
As the Rifleman walks while shooting, watch the movement of his legs as he shoots.
He cocks and shoots as he moves his left leg, then his right leg.
The video angle changes after his recorded 7th shot, when he now appears full body instead of the previous close-up shot.
At the time his 7th shot is recorded, his left leg is forward of his body,

then when the video changes angles, his left leg is already behind him.

If the same video was not edited other than splicing the two scenes together, there had to be at a minimum, another shot taken to allow his left leg to at least move from being forward of his body to halfway back to account for it being behind him when the video changes.
My best guess would be a total of 14 rounds fired. 
Just my thoughts on it. 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Perhaps it was two different sequences of more than six spliced together.

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 

Allow me to be the spoil sport.  Should ya peek, at no time is the trigger finger inside the lever.  The screw appliance for the trigger is quite visible once you know what to look for.

 

Then we have the key questions.  What difference does it make ??  Who really cares ??  Can some folks actually count past 10 ??.  Will an 1892 Carbine actually hold more than 10 ??  "Five-In-One" Blanks ??  Was the Armorer a Girl ??  How come his pocket isn't bulging with cartridges ??  Is he gonna be late for dinner ?? 

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

4 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

Perhaps it was two different sequences of more than six spliced together.

 

That would make sense as well.

 

Father Kit "Cool Gun" O'Garth

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

3 minutes ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

 How come his pocket isn't bulging with cartridges ??  

At the end of the sequence he takes ONE cartridge from his shirt pocket and loads it as he looks at the camera.

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

5 minutes ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

Allow me to be the spoil sport.  

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001]

well I think there were 11 , 

 

 spray and pray , only in Holly Weird 

 

  

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Didn’t he have a lever that activated the trigger?  Not SASS legal

 

[Subdeacon Joe]

1 hour ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said:

 

 

Ooooo....good selfie!  

 

[Rye Miles #13621]

6 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

Didn’t he have a lever that activated the trigger?  Not SASS legal

 

Yes he has a screw that he can adjust to push the trigger when he levers it. In an episode tonight he backed the screw off to teach a young guy how to shoot. They operated the gun just like normal then he adjusted the screw back. Pretty neat operation even for Hollywood.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

8 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Yes he has a screw that he can adjust to push the trigger when he levers it. In an episode tonight he backed the screw off to teach a young guy how to shoot. They operated the gun just like normal then he adjusted the screw back. Pretty neat operation even for Hollywood.

Thought I remembered that.

[Rip Snorter]

Annie Oakley did the same thing, with just her thumb. Good show, though and a neat trick.

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

 .... how many ?  .........all of them ...........