Is a Mare's Leg illegal?

SDMF Jon · 01-22-2009, 07:17 PM

How come there are none for sale? Or do you just have to make them yourself?

deputy125 · 01-22-2009, 07:44 PM

making one yourself would be illegal............

what makes them legal as far as i can tell is that they did not start out life as a rifle.........they are delibertly made the way they are from scratch and are classifid as a handgun.........but i aint no expert........

here is a link to the maker with some info............
http://www.jbcustom.com/new-mares.htm

SDMF Jon · 01-22-2009, 07:46 PM

Cool, thanks.

gunman42782 · 01-22-2009, 11:00 PM

Deputy is correct. Any new ones are indeed classified as handguns. To make one yourself would be turning a rifle into a handgun, and can get you in deep doo doo.

SDMF Jon · 01-22-2009, 11:01 PM

Yeah, no plans to do so.

b.roberts · 01-24-2009, 05:31 PM

Too bad, because they look cool. Useless, but very cool. What was the name of that old western where the main character carried one of those in some kind of funky thigh holster?

Snuffy · 01-24-2009, 07:58 PM

I haven't found where there was ever one ever used in the old west guess it was one of those TV guns. It did look cool but I never did see him load from the belt jut like the rifleman never seen the shells he loaded in the rifle. Hollywood got to love it, seeing a dirty harry movie now I laugh at the stuff I paid money to go watch. I was taken in like everyone else.

deputy125 · 01-24-2009, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by b.roberts

Too bad, because they look cool. Useless, but very cool. What was the name of that old western where the main character carried one of those in some kind of funky thigh holster?

did some searching and came up with this

[img]http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_bDknDnxJOXYBMvejzbkF/SIG=12f0dkc8m/EXP=1232953255/**http%3A//www.crazyabouttv.com/ImagesTwo/wanteddeadoralive.jpg[/img]

Steve McQueen in a tv series "wanted dead or alive"

Quote:

Mare's Leg - Bounty hunter Josh Randall (Steve McQueen) nicknamed his rifle "Mare's Leg" on the western adventure WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE/CBS/1958-61. Mare's Leg was an 1892 Winchester 30-40 carbine with a sawed off barrel which handled like a pistol but had the explosive punch of a rifle cartridge. Josh once said of his gun "It's kinda like a hog's leg but not quite as mean, If I have to use it, I want to get the message across."

TRIVIA NOTE: The original gun used on the series (as of the 1980s) was housed at the Fort Spaghetti Restaurant and Museum located at 999 Ball Road, Anaheim, California. The collection (owned by the Stovall Family) is listed as "the world's greatest individual old west gun collection" and valued at $1,500,000. A colored-photograph of this classic TV gun and many other TV western firearms can be found in Chapter 11 "Arming the Fictional West" in the glossy, beautifully designed book The Peacemakers: Arms and Adventures in the American West written by R. L. Wilson (Random House, 1992)

sheepdog · 01-24-2009, 11:42 PM

...Josh's shells never woulda gone in that rifle...didn't even look right to me then and I was around 10 years old....people years, BH...before you ask....

gunman42782 · 01-25-2009, 12:14 AM

Funny you should ask about one Jon. We just got one in this week in 44/40. I got to agree with b. roberts, they are useless as far as I am concerned.

b.roberts · 01-25-2009, 07:17 AM

Yep, that was the show I remembered. Fond memories of being just a little tyke sitiing on grampa's lap watching westerns with him on saturday mornings. I must have been five years old.

Snuffy · 01-25-2009, 07:18 AM

ah that was went you could see right sheepdog?

sheepdog · 01-25-2009, 08:33 AM

...OK, Snuffer, I know you got more guns than I do...and you shoot better...lots better...but you're a whole lot uglier than I am, too....no matter which end of me you compare you to...so I don't mind....just keep on plinkin' at me

Snuffy · 01-25-2009, 08:41 AM

sheepdog ya know we do love you, and of course we do pick on you. But its all in fun glad to have ya around pard.

sheepdog · 01-25-2009, 08:50 AM

...Snuffer, where I come from, if they ain't pickin' at ya....they're mad about somethin'....

Snuffy · 01-26-2009, 05:53 PM

LOL well your well liked here.

SDMF Jon · 01-31-2009, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gunman42782

Funny you should ask about one Jon. We just got one in this week in 44/40. I got to agree with b. roberts, they are useless as far as I am concerned.

How much?

01-22-2009, 07:17 PM	#1
SDMF Jon Joined: Jan 2009 From: Georgia, USA Posts: 81	Is a Mare's Leg illegal? How come there are none for sale? Or do you just have to make them yourself?

01-22-2009, 07:44 PM	#2
deputy125 Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Texas Posts: 6,108	Re: Is a Mare's Leg illegal? making one yourself would be illegal............ what makes them legal as far as i can tell is that they did not start out life as a rifle.........they are delibertly made the way they are from scratch and are classifid as a handgun.........but i aint no expert........ here is a link to the maker with some info............ http://www.jbcustom.com/new-mares.htm

01-22-2009, 07:46 PM	#3
SDMF Jon Joined: Jan 2009 From: Georgia, USA Posts: 81	Re: Is a Mare's Leg illegal? Cool, thanks.

01-22-2009, 11:00 PM	#4
gunman42782 Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Kentucky Posts: 3,985	Re: Is a Mare's Leg illegal? Deputy is correct. Any new ones are indeed classified as handguns. To make one yourself would be turning a rifle into a handgun, and can get you in deep doo doo.

01-22-2009, 11:01 PM	#5
SDMF Jon Joined: Jan 2009 From: Georgia, USA Posts: 81	Re: Is a Mare's Leg illegal? Yeah, no plans to do so.

01-24-2009, 05:31 PM	#6
b.roberts Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Gig Harbor, WA Posts: 1,909	Re: Is a Mare's Leg illegal? Too bad, because they look cool. Useless, but very cool. What was the name of that old western where the main character carried one of those in some kind of funky thigh holster?

01-24-2009, 07:58 PM	#7
Snuffy Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Texas Posts: 4,142	Re: Is a Mare's Leg illegal? I haven't found where there was ever one ever used in the old west guess it was one of those TV guns. It did look cool but I never did see him load from the belt jut like the rifleman never seen the shells he loaded in the rifle. Hollywood got to love it, seeing a dirty harry movie now I laugh at the stuff I paid money to go watch. I was taken in like everyone else.

01-24-2009, 11:42 PM	#9
sheepdog Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Duncanville, Tx Posts: 22,117	Re: Is a Mare's Leg illegal? ...Josh's shells never woulda gone in that rifle...didn't even look right to me then and I was around 10 years old....people years, BH...before you ask....

01-25-2009, 12:14 AM	#10
gunman42782 Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Kentucky Posts: 3,985	Re: Is a Mare's Leg illegal? Funny you should ask about one Jon. We just got one in this week in 44/40. I got to agree with b. roberts, they are useless as far as I am concerned.

01-25-2009, 07:17 AM	#11
b.roberts Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Gig Harbor, WA Posts: 1,909	Re: Is a Mare's Leg illegal? Yep, that was the show I remembered. Fond memories of being just a little tyke sitiing on grampa's lap watching westerns with him on saturday mornings. I must have been five years old.

01-25-2009, 07:18 AM	#12
Snuffy Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Texas Posts: 4,142	Re: Is a Mare's Leg illegal? *ah that was went you could see right sheepdog?*

01-25-2009, 08:33 AM	#13
sheepdog Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Duncanville, Tx Posts: 22,117	Re: Is a Mare's Leg illegal? ...OK, Snuffer, I know you got more guns than I do...and you shoot better...lots better...but you're a whole lot uglier than I am, too....no matter which end of me you compare you to...so I don't mind....just keep on plinkin' at me

01-25-2009, 08:41 AM	#14
Snuffy Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Texas Posts: 4,142	Re: Is a Mare's Leg illegal? *sheepdog ya know we do love you, and of course we do pick on you. But its all in fun glad to have ya around pard.*

01-25-2009, 08:50 AM	#15
sheepdog Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Duncanville, Tx Posts: 22,117	Re: Is a Mare's Leg illegal? ...Snuffer, where I come from, if they ain't pickin' at ya....they're mad about somethin'....

01-26-2009, 05:53 PM	#16
Snuffy Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Texas Posts: 4,142	Re: Is a Mare's Leg illegal? *LOL well your well liked here.*

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