A thought for fun, not necessarily practical or match legal

[El CupAJoe]

Hey all, 

Been a while since I've been on the forum or to a match.  Pray you all are in good health and shooting straight!  Decided to hop back on here because I realized today that if you could tune a Rossi 92 Mare's leg to handle the shorter OAL, you might be able to get 9 or 10 rounds of 38 Long Colt Full wadcutters in a Mare's leg SBR.  Haven't kept up with the rules, nor do I remember if the ML is match legal as is, but I figured some of you might get a kick out of the thought.  If and when I decide to get back into the game, you know I'll be back on here.  

 

God Bless!

[Griff]

A Mare's Leg is not a legal firearm for SASS sanctioned matches.  They don't meet the basic criteria for a handgun... "six shot revolver".  Nor does it meet the basic criteria for rifle use as they are not a shoulder mounted firearm.  And before someone berates me for making such a statement when such is not specifically stated in the SHB... I, indeed, found it in the ROIII manual.  To wit:  According to Merriam-Webster, a rifle is a firearm with a long barrel featuring spiral grooves (rifling) designed to be fired from the shoulder.

[Sedalia Dave]

You could get a mares leg tuned to run cartridges that short but the machine work required would cost more than the gun. 

[El CupAJoe]

Might be easier to start with a 73 action and SBR it, those are easier to tune for cartridge length with a lifter block if I remember correctly.

[John Kloehr]

Does sound fun. Not that this sport is historically accurate, I did a quick search to look for what today are called SBRs to see examples from the 1800s... And it seems 20" barrels were considered short rifles then when compared to what came before.

[El CupAJoe]

1 hour ago, Griff said:

A Mare's Leg is not a legal firearm for SASS sanctioned matches.  They don't meet the basic criteria for a handgun... "six shot revolver".  Nor does it meet the basic criteria for rifle use as they are not a shoulder mounted firearm.  And before someone berates me for making such a statement when such is not specifically stated in the SHB... I, indeed, found it in the ROIII manual.  To wit:  According to Merriam-Webster, a rifle is a firearm with a long barrel featuring spiral grooves (rifling) designed to be fired from the shoulder.

Whoa, Apparently I picked a fun day to come back to the SW forum, I assume this also doesn't meet the main gun requirements, but this sure is a sweet looking Uberti...  

 

 

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

Okay...

The Mare's Leg is not main match legal.   People know I think that it should be, but it is not, and I accept that.   At a big state level match, I might bring one to shoot a few rounds for fun or to let someone who has asked about them do so, but that is all.   SOME local clubs will let you use them at a local match if you ask nicely.  Some won't, and I don't have a problem with that.  

Now, as far as using shorter rounds goes to up the round count, well, let's start here...



This is my AWA Lightning Bolt.  It is chambered for .45 Colt.   It will run .45 Schofield with no problem.   It hold 5 .45 Colts, and 6 .45 Schofields.  Knowing how much shorter the Schofield is than the Colt, it's easy to "extrapolate" how many Long Colts, or Short Colts, would work in a .38 Special chambered gun.   Of course, this was never available in ..38 Special, and I don't have a rifle like this in the caliber, so I don't know if the shorter rounds will actually work or not.   I have also never tried the Cowboy .45 Special in this, so I don't know how much "shorter" you can go and not have problems.

I do know for a fact however, that a Rossi 92 chambered in .357 Magnum will not work with .38 Long Colt or .38 Short Colt.   You get one and a half or double feeds respectively.  

Now, on the other hand, a 73 chambered for .38 Special can chamber the shorter rounds, you just have to replace the carrier to do it.

But, there is another way to "deal" with the question...



Looks like a 73 based Mare's Leg.   And it, sorta, is.  It's got a 16.5" barrel.   And it holds 10 rounds of .44-40 anmo.   All I have done to this is cut the stock to Mare's Leg configuration.    It's OAL is greater than the NFA minimum, so it's not an SBR.  It's just a rifle with a really short LOP.  Of course, I have used at as a pistol at a match or 2, and people think the concept of a "Buntline Mare's Leg" is rather cool.   

Now, I suppose you COULD use this as a rifle, and it's more than likely that one in .38 Special will hold 10 rounds.


And there is one more, rather silly way to do it...



A Mare's Leg 86 will hold only 4 rounds of .45-70.   But it will hold 10 rounds of .45-45...   But we are getting into the territory of the absurd here.

Good luck!

[El CupAJoe]

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3 minutes ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said:

Okay...

The Mare's Leg is not main match legal.   People know I think that it should be, but it is not, and I accept that.   At a big state level match, I might bring one to shoot a few rounds for fun or to let someone who has asked about them do so, but that is all.   SOME local clubs will let you use them at a local match if you ask nicely.  Some won't, and I don't have a problem with that.  

Now, as far as using shorter rounds goes to up the round count, well, let's start here...



This is my AWA Lightning Bolt.  It is chambered for .45 Colt.   It will run .45 Schofield with no problem.   It hold 5 .45 Colts, and 6 .45 Schofields.  Knowing how much shorter the Schofield is than the Colt, it's easy to "extrapolate" how many Long Colts, or Short Colts, would work in a .38 Special chambered gun.   Of course, this was never available in ..38 Special, and I don't have a rifle like this in the caliber, so I don't know if the shorter rounds will actually work or not.   I have also never tried the Cowboy .45 Special in this, so I don't know how much "shorter" you can go and not have problems.

I do know for a fact however, that a Rossi 92 chambered in .357 Magnum will not work with .38 Long Colt or .38 Short Colt.   You get one and a half or double feeds respectively.  

Now, on the other hand, a 73 chambered for .38 Special can chamber the shorter rounds, you just have to replace the carrier to do it.

But, there is another way to "deal" with the question...



Looks like a 73 based Mare's Leg.   And it, sorta, is.  It's got a 16.5" barrel.   And it holds 10 rounds of .44-40 anmo.   All I have done to this is cut the stock to Mare's Leg configuration.    It's OAL is greater than the NFA minimum, so it's not an SBR.  It's just a rifle with a really short LOP.  Of course, I have used at as a pistol at a match or 2, and people think the concept of a "Buntline Mare's Leg" is rather cool.   

Now, I suppose you COULD use this as a rifle, and it's more than likely that one in .38 Special will hold 10 rounds.


And there is one more, rather silly way to do it...



A Mare's Leg 86 will hold only 4 rounds of .45-70.   But it will hold 10 rounds of .45-45...   But we are getting into the territory of the absurd here.

Good luck!

I always do enjoy your takes on these posts

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

Well, I try to have fun with them.   And I do try to be respectful of what the rules are.   One thing I won't do is hold my breath and angrily demand a rule change.   That's just annoying.  So, when the context is right, I'll will state that I think, for example, Mare's Legs should be legal and just leave it at that.  Then I'll talk about them in more general terms about how they can be fun to shoot.  Maybe someday things will change.  Maybe they won't.   Time will tell.   The question of the Mare's Leg is not all that different from a handful of other things that some local clubs will let you do and others will not.

If things dry out tomorrow, I'll take some more photos and continue this discussion with other ways to have fun with a Mare's Leg. 

 

[PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L]

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Long gun stocks with a “pistol grip” configuration (e.g. “Mares Leg” rifle or “Terminator” shotgun) are not allowed. 

SHB p.35 - Stocks and Grips

[El CupAJoe]

2 minutes ago, PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L said:

SHB p.35 - Stocks and Grips

does that mean SBR's would not be allowed, or just the shorty Mare's Leg stocks aren't allowed?

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

Thanks for the clarification on the use as a rifle.   PaleWolf.

4 minutes ago, El CupAJoe said:

does that mean SBR's would not be allowed, or just the shorty Mare's Leg stocks aren't allowed?

Another part of the SHB says that rifles have to have a barrel length of at least 16", so SBRs would not be allowed.  That's why I mentioned my 73 with the 16" barrel.  It's not an SBR, or a pistol.   But according to the SHB as just pointed out, you can't use it either because you can't modify the stock that way.

 

[John Kloehr]

16 minutes ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said:

Thanks for the clarification on the use as a rifle.   PaleWolf.

Another part of the SHB says that rifles have to have a barrel length of at least 16", so SBRs would not be allowed.  ...

In a sense, the 16" version might be an SBR in terms of this sport (not fed law). Or it might be a custom "trapper" model, at least in terms of the 1873. From Google AI:

 

Based on historical records of the Winchester Model 1873, 16-inch barrels were not a standard factory-produced length during the original production run (1873–1919)

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Winchester Collector +2

• Standard Lengths: The Winchester 1873 was officially produced with a 24-inch barrel (rifle), 20-inch barrel (carbine), or 30-inch barrel (musket).
• Special Orders: While Winchester did offer custom barrel lengths through special orders, 16-inch barrels (often called "trapper" models) are not listed as a standard or commonly documented early factory configuration in the provided search results.
• Reproduction 16" Models: Modern reproductions, such as those by Uberti, offer 16-inch barrel versions (frequently called "Trapper" models) to meet modern demand, but these are not original 19th-century factory products. 
  American Rifleman +3

The standard carbine was the shortest factory-standard option, introduced with a 20-inch barrel.

[Rip Snorter]

It would certainly be a "Josh"ing experience!

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

4 hours ago, John Kloehr said:

Special Orders: While Winchester did offer custom barrel lengths through special orders, 16-inch barrels (often called "trapper" models) are not listed as a standard or commonly documented early factory configuration in the provided search results.

 

For Winchester, 16 inches, or less, was a custom orderable option.   There barrel lengths as short as 14 inches are known to exist.   In fact, if you have an original Winchester, or Marlin, made with a 14 or 15 inch barrel before 1934, the ATF a few years ago decided that they no longer need to be registered as Short Barreled Rifles, and if you have one that is so registered, you can have it removed from the register, and it becomes just like any other generic rifle.  If it was made before 1898, it's just an antique and is not subject to any Federal laws whatsoever.   If it was made between 1898 and 1934, it's just a like any other "modern" rifle, and based on them being more than 50 years old, they are all C&R eligible as well.   

Ones that were registered as SBRs and have been removed from the regulation are even listed in the these are not SBRs anymore section of the C&R book and are mentioned by serial number to be either antiques or C&R guns based on their age.   If you happen to find one that is not on the "delisted" list, and is still listed as an SBR, you can request to have it taken off.   

If you happen to find one that was NEVER listed, that is to say, hidden away somewhere for years and recently resurfaced, I have no idea if you need to obtain a "This is not an SBR" letter or not.  I think you do, based on some other data in the book, but I am not sure.  I believe the only way the ATF will accept it as being a real short barreled gun made before 1934 is to get a Cody letter that gives the original date of manufacture and barrel length.

But if you wanna go down this road, please, DO NOT take my word for it.   Confirm everything with the ATF and make sure you have all the properly needed paperwork to avoid a stay at Club Fed.   

And hope for the One Big Beautiful Lawsuit to make it all a moot point.

I'd really like to have one.   A few years ago, right after they were deregulated, I saw a Winchester 92 with a 14" barrel a local gunshow for less that $1500.   But it was a .38-40, and I didn't feel like I wanted to "tool up" for another caliber.  I've been kicking myself ever since.   

I also saw what looked like a 15" Marlin hanging on a wall in a pub in Cincinnati a few years ago.   I really shoulda asked the owner about it.   

[watab kid]

i saw one of these last weekend - a feiend bought it , im not sure why but he was excited at having it - he is a retired deputy sheriff so ill guess he wants ift for home defence - his is in 2 1/2 410 , interesting piece but not sure i need one 

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

7 hours ago, watab kid said:

i saw one of these last weekend - a feiend bought it , im not sure why but he was excited at having it - he is a retired deputy sheriff so ill guess he wants ift for home defence - his is in 2 1/2 410 , interesting piece but not sure i need one 

 

Who made it?

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

Okay, let's have some more fun.

If you are in a scenario where you can shoot your Mare's Leg, what do you shoot it with?   Here's some examples, just for the impractical fun of it.

After trying various combinations, I decided that the most "logical" way to do this would be to use a rifle of that is what the Mare's Leg in question is based on, and the most fun possible second pistol in the same caliber.   That' why I eventually settled on this combination for my Mare's Leg.



The caliber is .44 Magnum.   As mentioned before, the Mare's Leg is a Chiappa 92, and the revolver is an Uberti copy of the SAA.   Uberti slightly enlarged the gun to handle the cartridge.   The rifle is a real Winchester 92 that a previous owner rebarreled and put the big loop on.   It just seemed logical to use this rifle with this pistol as they are about as similar as you can get.   The Shotgun is of course, a "Terminator style" 87.A

I did the same thing with the Lightning Bolt.

 

 The AWA Lightning Bolt is paired with my Big Iron Pistol and an AWA Lightning, all in .45 Colt caliber.   This battery is probably the most fun of them all.

Of course, it didn't stop there...   The desire for a 73 based Mare's Leg led to the following...



With a 16" barrel, I call this my Buntline Mare's Leg, and if I was gonna call it a Buntline, then it obviously has to be paired with a Colt Buntline.  Both are .44-40s.   Now, I don't have a 73 in .44-40.  Maybe someday that'll change, but at the moment I don't.  But I do have a Navy Arms 66 is the caliber, and it's more than "close enough" for what all is an exercise in silliness to begin with.

Now, you'd be tempted to think that this is where it all ended.   Once upon a time, you'da been right, but things have changed.   Since we are talking about something that is not normally SASS legal to begin with, let's get a little more into the hypothetical; an event where a club decides to hold a .22 match.   Well, is there a .22 version of the Mare's Leg out there?  Actually yes, there is...



What we have here is the Chiappa 322 Bandit.   It is, at least visually, very much inspired by the Marlin 39-A .22 rifle.  (Internally it is very different, but let that go.)  I paired it with my California Bicentennial Colt SAA, which just happens to be gold plated.   I thought it was a fun combination.  For the shotgun, well, if you are gonna go .22, you may as well go .410.   So this is a Stevens Fully Guaranteed Single Shot .410.   A fun little gun to shoot.   But it will be replaced with something else in the near future, a vintage Marlin .410 lever action shotgun built on the old model 95. 

Now...   All of this was theoretical of course.   But as long as we are being theoretical, let's take it to the level of purely absurd fantasy...



The Mare's Leg is a Chiappa '86, customized by me and the rifle is a real Winchester 86, both in .45-70.  The revolver is a Phelps Manufacturing Heritage I in the same caliber.   Yes, the revolver is heavier than the rifle!  We are talking total silliness here, pure fantasy.   If the One Big Beautiful Lawsuit goes through, I will shorten the barrel on the Mare's Leg to the same length as the takedown lever, about 14" from the factory 16.5.   Time will tell if this will happen.   No, I will not be running .45-70 in these if ever I get a chance to try them.  I will instead run .45-45's in them, taking us even further into the land of make believe.   .45-45 is a .45-70 cut back to .45 Colt length.  I ostensibly created it to use as a low power plinking round in various single shot .45-70 rifles, using something that is essentially  higher end .45 Colt, but still well below the pressure characteristics of the mildest Trapdoor Safe .45-70 loads.   It gives more flexibility to those rifles.   Well, when I tried running them in the 86s, and was happily surprised that they actually worked, I started down this road.   Yes, the Heritage is basically the same gun as the Century Model 100, just in steel instead of bronze, and with no crossbolt safety.   I was very lucky to find one for only $1680 shipped.

And this, for now, ends my Mare's Leg journey.  But there is one other possibility.   Rossi markets a gun they call the R95.   It is clearly based on the Marlin 95 rifle.  Not as closely as their 92 are based on the Winchester, but close enough.   I can see myself getting a Rossi R95 in .44 Magnum, replacing the tachticool sights with traditional ones, replacing the plastic grip/stock with wooden furniture and chopping off the threads on the end of the barrel.  I'll pair it with a 336 in .44 Magnum and, just to not be to similar to the 92 battery, my original Great Western in the same caliber.   The 87 will be the shotgun.   But this is for future consideration that may or may not come to pass.

 

And oh yeah...   There is one other possibility that I will pursue.  Apparently, Uberti will be releasing a reproduction Volcanic pistol next year.  That'll get paired with my Uberti 1860 Henry.   The Volcanic, for reasons I don't understand, is gonna be in .380.   My Henry is a .44-40.   For the second pistol, well...   In all likely hood I'll get one of those Tippman Pirate Pistols in .380 to use with it.   Or maybe one of those cap and ball Colt replicas in the same caliber, but feels boring to me somehow.

So anyway, there are a lot of ways to "have fun" with the Mare's Leg concept.  Happy shooting to us all! 

Edited Wednesday at 03:41 PM by H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619

[Big Gus, SASS# 66666]

Rifles hate wad cutters. Won’t feed into chamber. 

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

1 hour ago, Big Gus, SASS# 66666 said:

Rifles hate wad cutters. Won’t feed into chamber. 

 

Okay...

Did I miss something?

[Big Gus, SASS# 66666]

Original post said he wanted to shoot wad cutters in a mares leg. I made that mistake once. 

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

1 hour ago, Big Gus, SASS# 66666 said:

Original post said he wanted to shoot wad cutters in a mares leg. I made that mistake once. 

 

D'oh!   

Why yes, he did.   I missed that somehow.   My bad.

[watab kid]

13 hours ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said:

 

Who made it?

well , i didnt get that from him but it was brass framed and im guessing uberti - ill ask next time i see him probably friday 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

On 4/7/2026 at 1:31 PM, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said:

Okay...

The Mare's Leg is not main match legal.   People know I think that it should be, but it is not, and I accept that.   At a big state level match, I might bring one to shoot a few rounds for fun or to let someone who has asked about them do so, but that is all.   SOME local clubs will let you use them at a local match if you ask nicely.  Some won't, and I don't have a problem with that.  

Now, as far as using shorter rounds goes to up the round count, well, let's start here...



This is my AWA Lightning Bolt.  It is chambered for .45 Colt.   It will run .45 Schofield with no problem.   It hold 5 .45 Colts, and 6 .45 Schofields.  Knowing how much shorter the Schofield is than the Colt, it's easy to "extrapolate" how many Long Colts, or Short Colts, would work in a .38 Special chambered gun.   Of course, this was never available in ..38 Special, and I don't have a rifle like this in the caliber, so I don't know if the shorter rounds will actually work or not.   I have also never tried the Cowboy .45 Special in this, so I don't know how much "shorter" you can go and not have problems.

I do know for a fact however, that a Rossi 92 chambered in .357 Magnum will not work with .38 Long Colt or .38 Short Colt.   You get one and a half or double feeds respectively.  

Now, on the other hand, a 73 chambered for .38 Special can chamber the shorter rounds, you just have to replace the carrier to do it.

But, there is another way to "deal" with the question...



Looks like a 73 based Mare's Leg.   And it, sorta, is.  It's got a 16.5" barrel.   And it holds 10 rounds of .44-40 anmo.   All I have done to this is cut the stock to Mare's Leg configuration.    It's OAL is greater than the NFA minimum, so it's not an SBR.  It's just a rifle with a really short LOP.  Of course, I have used at as a pistol at a match or 2, and people think the concept of a "Buntline Mare's Leg" is rather cool.   

Now, I suppose you COULD use this as a rifle, and it's more than likely that one in .38 Special will hold 10 rounds.


And there is one more, rather silly way to do it...



A Mare's Leg 86 will hold only 4 rounds of .45-70.   But it will hold 10 rounds of .45-45...   But we are getting into the territory of the absurd here.

Good luck!

If you want more rounds simply  put on a full  length magazine.....Oh!   Wait.    

 

 

 

 

 

Never mind.  

 

Edited yesterday at 03:53 AM by Forty Rod SASS 3935

[El CupAJoe]

20 hours ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said:

Okay, let's have some more fun.

If you are in a scenario where you can shoot your Mare's Leg, what do you shoot it with?   Here's some examples, just for the impractical fun of it.

After trying various combinations, I decided that the most "logical" way to do this would be to use a rifle of that is what the Mare's Leg in question is based on, and the most fun possible second pistol in the same caliber.   That' why I eventually settled on this combination for my Mare's Leg.



The caliber is .44 Magnum.   As mentioned before, the Mare's Leg is a Chiappa 92, and the revolver is an Uberti copy of the SAA.   Uberti slightly enlarged the gun to handle the cartridge.   The rifle is a real Winchester 92 that a previous owner rebarreled and put the big loop on.   It just seemed logical to use this rifle with this pistol as they are about as similar as you can get.   The Shotgun is of course, a "Terminator style" 87.A

I did the same thing with the Lightning Bolt.

 

 The AWA Lightning Bolt is paired with my Big Iron Pistol and an AWA Lightning, all in .45 Colt caliber.   This battery is probably the most fun of them all.

Of course, it didn't stop there...   The desire for a 73 based Mare's Leg led to the following...



With a 16" barrel, I call this my Buntline Mare's Leg, and if I was gonna call it a Buntline, then it obviously has to be paired with a Colt Buntline.  Both are .44-40s.   Now, I don't have a 73 in .44-40.  Maybe someday that'll change, but at the moment I don't.  But I do have a Navy Arms 66 is the caliber, and it's more than "close enough" for what all is an exercise in silliness to begin with.

Now, you'd be tempted to think that this is where it all ended.   Once upon a time, you'da been right, but things have changed.   Since we are talking about something that is not normally SASS legal to begin with, let's get a little more into the hypothetical; an event where a club decides to hold a .22 match.   Well, is there a .22 version of the Mare's Leg out there?  Actually yes, there is...



What we have here is the Chiappa 322 Bandit.   It is, at least visually, very much inspired by the Marlin 39-A .22 rifle.  (Internally it is very different, but let that go.)  I paired it with my California Bicentennial Colt SAA, which just happens to be gold plated.   I thought it was a fun combination.  For the shotgun, well, if you are gonna go .22, you may as well go .410.   So this is a Stevens Fully Guaranteed Single Shot .410.   A fun little gun to shoot.   But it will be replaced with something else in the near future, a vintage Marlin .410 lever action shotgun built on the old model 95. 

Now...   All of this was theoretical of course.   But as long as we are being theoretical, let's take it to the level of purely absurd fantasy...



The Mare's Leg is a Chiappa '86, customized by me and the rifle is a real Winchester 86, both in .45-70.  The revolver is a Phelps Manufacturing Heritage I in the same caliber.   Yes, the revolver is heavier than the rifle!  We are talking total silliness here, pure fantasy.   If the One Big Beautiful Lawsuit goes through, I will shorten the barrel on the Mare's Leg to the same length as the takedown lever, about 14" from the factory 16.5.   Time will tell if this will happen.   No, I will not be running .45-70 in these if ever I get a chance to try them.  I will instead run .45-45's in them, taking us even further into the land of make believe.   .45-45 is a .45-70 cut back to .45 Colt length.  I ostensibly created it to use as a low power plinking round in various single shot .45-70 rifles, using something that is essentially  higher end .45 Colt, but still well below the pressure characteristics of the mildest Trapdoor Safe .45-70 loads.   It gives more flexibility to those rifles.   Well, when I tried running them in the 86s, and was happily surprised that they actually worked, I started down this road.   Yes, the Heritage is basically the same gun as the Century Model 100, just in steel instead of bronze, and with no crossbolt safety.   I was very lucky to find one for only $1680 shipped.

And this, for now, ends my Mare's Leg journey.  But there is one other possibility.   Rossi markets a gun they call the R95.   It is clearly based on the Marlin 95 rifle.  Not as closely as their 92 are based on the Winchester, but close enough.   I can see myself getting a Rossi R95 in .44 Magnum, replacing the tachticool sights with traditional ones, replacing the plastic grip/stock with wooden furniture and chopping off the threads on the end of the barrel.  I'll pair it with a 336 in .44 Magnum and, just to not be to similar to the 92 battery, my original Great Western in the same caliber.   The 87 will be the shotgun.   But this is for future consideration that may or may not come to pass.

 

And oh yeah...   There is one other possibility that I will pursue.  Apparently, Uberti will be releasing a reproduction Volcanic pistol next year.  That'll get paired with my Uberti 1860 Henry.   The Volcanic, for reasons I don't understand, is gonna be in .380.   My Henry is a .44-40.   For the second pistol, well...   In all likely hood I'll get one of those Tippman Pirate Pistols in .380 to use with it.   Or maybe one of those cap and ball Colt replicas in the same caliber, but feels boring to me somehow.

So anyway, there are a lot of ways to "have fun" with the Mare's Leg concept.  Happy shooting to us all! 

You've got way too much fun on your hands

 

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

1 minute ago, El CupAJoe said:

You've got way too much fun on your hands

 

 

I take after Bugs Bunny.   "I don't ask questions, I just have fun!"

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

Well, it seems that I am not the only one who likes to have fun with the Mare's Leg concept, and specifically in .45-70.

Rossi of course has the R95 in this caliber, and now it seems, so does Henry Repeating Arms. 

https://mail.aol.com/d/list/referrer=newMail&folders=1&accountIds=1&listFilter=NEWMAIL/messages/AALd33yvdL8oPyTNLv59po3L7MW

I am not personally interested in this model, but it seems the concept is catching on.   Now if only Chiappa would make one like my customized one but with the 14" barrel, no threads, traditional sights and stocks....   Sigh...    All that work for nothing.   

[El CupAJoe]

4 hours ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said:

Well, it seems that I am not the only one who likes to have fun with the Mare's Leg concept, and specifically in .45-70.

Rossi of course has the R95 in this caliber, and now it seems, so does Henry Repeating Arms. 

https://mail.aol.com/d/list/referrer=newMail&folders=1&accountIds=1&listFilter=NEWMAIL/messages/AALd33yvdL8oPyTNLv59po3L7MW

I am not personally interested in this model, but it seems the concept is catching on.   Now if only Chiappa would make one like my customized one but with the 14" barrel, no threads, traditional sights and stocks....   Sigh...    All that work for nothing.   

I wish they'd make a ML with a takedown barrel, seems like a nice pack gun to me.

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

Like this?



I guess it's not obvious in the wide angle view.   This is made by Chiappa, so no stupid safety, and good to go out of the box.   The only bad thing about it is that the lever is aftermarket.   It comes from the factory with a sort of oversized D shaped one.  I replaced it with their "Rio Bravo" loop.
 

Edited 12 hours ago by H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619