Old post I know I am responding to but the Mares Leg was never an actual old west weapon. The gun was created purely in Hollywood by a gentleman from western shows and got its start on Trackdown starring Robert Culp when Josh Randall was introduced in a episode and thus began Wanted Dead or Alive.JEBar wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:00 pmJCN wrote:Has anyone else watched the Mares Leg SBR video posted by IV8888 on youtube? They basically took a .44 mag Mares Leg, got the SBR tax stamp, and added a full length stock. The end result is basically a .44 mag rifle shorter than the carbine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6zzKPEyHhE
interesting video .... as a Steve McQueen fan, the Mare's Leg concept does carry a high degree of fascination .... while I have no evidence to base it on, I find it hard to believe that someone at some point in the old west didn't cut down a lever action as they cut down shotguns .... doing so would make it much easier to conceal .... I've seen videos of 44 Mag revolvers fired ranges shown in the link so I have no doubt a Mare's Leg could do so as well ....
If I can find that video on this ai will post it. And the name Mares Leg may have actually been given by Steve McQueen himself if I recall correctly.