Back in October 2020, Sheriff Jim Wilson—a highly respected law enforcement leader (now retired) and writer (very prolific)—produced an article about why lever action rifles were good for self-defense ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. A uniquely American rifle, the lever-action was invented ...

Lever-action rifles are turning up by the scores in used-gun racks, their wooden stocks battered and once-blued steel worn silver. The grandfathers who used them are afield in happier hunting grounds, ...

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Benjamin Tyler Henry was not the father of lever-action rifles, but his development of a .44-caliber cartridge—and the lever gun he built to shoot it—did change the platform forever. Only 14,000 of ...

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The first rifle I ever bought after turning 18 was a lever-action rifle chambered in .30-30. That rifle loaded via a side-gate (as almost all do), but ejected out the top making it challenging to ...

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There’s no firearm more American than a lever-action. Bolt guns were perfected by the Germans, double-barreled shotguns by the British, and even revolvers trace their origins to Europe. But ...

When I was a kid, there were three reasons I wanted a lever action rifle. First, they were cool. Second, because I grew up just outside New Haven, Conn., the historic home to Marlin and Winchester, ...