The Spinning Winchester

摘要

Believe it or not, loop-levered Winchesters were never part of the Old West. Rather, it was Hollywood that made them popular. The first loop-levered Winchester appeared in the 1939 film "Stagecoach," starring John Wayne, and director John Ford wanted his star's entrance in this epic Western to be dramatic. "I want you to spin that rifle like a pistol," Ford told his rising young star. Wayne and stuntman Yakima Canutt came up with a rounded lever that enabled Wayne to spin-cock the Model 1892 saddle-ring Trapper-one of two used in the movie.