The 1892 Winchester caliber .44-.40 carbine with a standard 20” barrel that was used on the set of The Rifleman appeared
in basically two different style levers. The backwards round D style loop was used in the early episodes. Sometimes the rifle
he used had a saddle ring.
The style changed to a more flattened lever instead of the large circle loop. This one had no saddle ring. The 8/32”set
screw that was tapped through the trigger guard for the rapid fire action also came in different styles. Some were silver;
others were black with a silver nut under the head of the screw. Sometimes Chuck Connors had the screw head turned inside
close to the trigger. Most of the times he had it on the outside of the trigger guard. In some of the episodes the screw was
taken out completely when rapid fire action was not needed.
