Blank Firing Lever Action Western Rifle Deluxe 1894 model features Italian craftsmanship. Western rifle measures 36 inches in length, weighs 2.75lbs with 17 inch deluxe blued barrel and receiver. The stock and forestock are manufactured European hardwood. This Western Classic looks, feels, and acts like the expensive originals and consists of 55 precision machined metal, hand-assembled parts. You can load ten 8mm blank cartridges into the loading window, cock the lever action and eject the spent shell. Model can be dissembled by a qualified gunsmith. Just like the rare and expensive originals but completely safe. No license required. They are ideal for theatrical/movie props, Western Reenactments or for display in the home or office. They are also perfect for teaching gun safety and firearms training classes. The carbine was originally a lighter, shorter rifled weapon developed for the cavalry, for whom a full-length musket or rifle was too heavy and awkward to fire from horseback. Carbines were usually less accurate and powerful than the longer rifles of the infantry, due to a shorter sight plane and lower velocity of bullets fired from the shortened barrel. A lever-action is a type of firearm which uses a lever located around the trigger guard area (often including the trigger guard itself) to load fresh cartridges into the chamber of the barrel when the lever is cranked. One of the most famous lever-action firearm is undoubtedly the Winchester rifle, but many manufacturers produce lever-action rifles. While the term lever-action generally implies a repeating firearm, it is also sometimes applied to a variety of single-shot actions that use a lever for cycling, such as the Martini-Henry or the falling-block action.