mare's leg

The Mare’s Leg (aka Mare’s Laig; both sometimes spelled without the apostrophe) was the name given to a customized shortened lever action rifle by Steve McQueen’s character on the American Western TV series Wanted: Dead or Alive.

"Mare's leg" is now a generic term for a Winchester Model 1892 (or modern derivative) with a shortened barrel and stock.

See also

• List of weapons

This tag implicates lever_action (learn more).