The only lever action shotgun I'm a little familiar with is the Henry .410 bore, and I think it has a disconnector to keep it from slam firing. I've handled a Winchester 1901 10 gauge, but never fired it or dry-fired it, so no idea on that one.
I was asked if I knew of a lever action shotgun that could slam fire by a very nice young man in our church that I mentor on firearms. He stumped me on that one. Do any of y'all know of one, currently produced, or in the past?
Thanks!
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Lever action shotguns were either the ‘87 or’01, and Henry, Marlin ,and Winchester 410s. Slam fire, no. I put a set screw, aka Rifleman, in the lever of my 1892 to hit the trigger as the lever closed. That is as close to the stupid, internet [bleep] slam fire as you’re going to get.
Timbermaster, I agree. Decades ago, I saw, handled and shot a '92 Winchester in 45 Colt that someone had fabricated and mounted (pinned) a little flip-up tab onto the lever, that when flipped up would hit the trigger right at the end of the lever's travel as the bolt closed. They had basically made a home brew rifle like Chuck Connor used in The Rifleman that would effectively slam fire as the bolt closed. And I think there was even a Rifleman toy rifle in the 60's that had a lever tab and would fire like that.
So, the same thing could be done to the lever of a Winchester 1901, or one of the Century Arms or Chiappa replicas of the 1887 or 1901 Winchester.
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Know that it is not the knowing, nor the talking, nor the reading man, but the doing man, that at last will be found the happiest man. - Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)
I'd forgotten about everything about slam fire so I googled it. I found this interesting article about shotguns with slam fire in WWI. WWI SHOTGUNS Here's an interesting quote from the article:
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While shotguns were effective weapons, they didn’t have a chance to make a big difference, even though Germany declared them inhumane. They arrived in France in April of 1918, and the war was over by November 11th, 1918. I assure you that the guns didn’t end the war in six months.
He's absolutely right. WWI wasn't ended by shotguns or any other weapons. It was ended by the Spanish flu and armies running out of men because of it. That's whole different discussion from slam fire.
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