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which came first? the side gate or tubuler loading levers?

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October 15, 2019, 06:57 PM
bendable
which came first? the side gate or tubuler loading levers?
I rarely see the tube loaders in the movies,
almost always the side gate style




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October 15, 2019, 07:08 PM
dusty3030
quote:
Originally posted by bendable:
I rarely see the tube loaders in the movies,
almost always the side gate style


Loading from the front (Volcanic / late 1840's and Henry / 1860) as well as tube fed from the stock side (Spencer / 1860). Side loading gate didn't show up until the 1866 Yellowboy.
October 15, 2019, 09:45 PM
cas
The Ball repeating carbine had a loading port/ejection port before the Yellowboy. (slightly earlier)


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October 23, 2019, 10:06 AM
lyman
IIRC the loading gate was a King Patent? or improvement?

king being the guy that invented it


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October 26, 2019, 01:17 PM
Fundman
The Winchester 1866 was the first model to use the King’s patent side loading gate. The original Henry rifles loaded from the front of the mag tube.