In the meadow shootout scene above in True Grit, Wayne spin-cocked his rifle twice.
Gun experts say not to spin-cock a lever-action rifle because one is liable to shoot himself/herself in the process. It is best to do so with an unloaded rifle.
Owners of lever-action rifles probably won't admit to doing it, but many will try doing so at least once. No, I have not tried it with my Winchester 94.
John Wayne and Chuck Connors used to spin-cock lever-action rifles. Wayne, in Stagecoach (1939) and True Grit (1969) and Connors in the television show, The Rifleman.
Wayne primarily used a Winchester 1892 carbine with an extra large cocking lever loop in his movies.
In the video below, J. Wheeler shows how he spin-cocks his Winchester 1892:
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