The Rifleman: Secrets Behind the Scenes of One of the Most Popular Westerns on TV

Look What I Can Do, With Both Hands

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When shooting a rifle, it’s customary to shoot with your dominant hand pulling the trigger. So if you were right handed, the trigger pull would take place with your right hand and so on. However, if you paid close attention to the show, Lucas McCain was quite ambidextrous. He would sometimes switch hands without skipping a beat and still almost always hit his mark, Interestingly, this was never talked about on or off-screen by Connors or his fellow actors.



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