The pointy toes help getting through deep sand. Since cowboys try to walk as little as possible they are about as worthless as that loop lever. Apaches and Arabs made moccasins or shoes with turned up toes like that because they walked through loose sand.
That lever has to a Hollywood invention. I never saw one at a cowboy shoot. It would slow the shooter down. CAS is a speed event. The Rifleman's rifle was equipped with a gadget that fired the rifle when the lever was closed so he didn't have to fumble around trying to find the trigger again. David
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