Secrets Of TV’s The Rifleman: More Than Just Guns And Good Times

But Wait A Minute

According to the show’s notes, sets and historical references, The Rifleman took place in the 1870s and 1880s. McCain carried a cool modified Winchester Model 1892 with a big ring lever, which allowed him to do that awesome cocking by spinning the gun in his hand.

Unless he was also a time traveler, that gun hadn’t yet been made. So was it historical inaccuracies that led the show to go off the air? We’ll find out soon enough.