Thanks for the link
I was most impressed with the Riflemans ability to shoot sitting / standing / running /off his back or rolling ... and then there was the Hollywood when he shot the guy in the hand.
The other Hollywood trick was that his Rifle supposedly fired each time it cocked and yet he could twirl it and then pull the trigger...
Fun to watch ... have to watch it again, didn’t see Sammy Davis (One of my all time Favs)
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Sammy was in at exactly 2 minutes into the vid. Only about 4 seconds of play tho. More of the Sammy/Rifleman episode on youtube, just type it into the search box.
The secret to this was a small hinged piece of metal in the trigger housing. Folded down, it allowed that twirl which cocked the rifle, but folded up, it pulled the trigger at the end of the cocking movement. I owned a toy version of the Rifleman's rifle as a kid. :D