As an improvement over the previous Model 1892 and with the added power of the smokeless .30 W.C.F. cartridge, the Winchester Model 1894 lever-action rifle was the most prolific American sporting ...

Because of that, I was interested in the accuracy offered by bolt-action rifles and questioned the sanity of those who paid big bucks for the older lever-action or pump rifles. I remember when a ...

John M. Browning’s last lever-action design for Winchester—the Model 1895—was a dramatic departure from his previous Model 1886, 1892 and 1894 rifles, with their tubular magazines and side ...

Originally called the .30-30 Winchester Center Fire, it entered the American hunting vernacular in 1895 when Winchester chambered it for its 1894 lever-action rifle.

Lever action rifles ruled the woods for at least the first half of the century and beyond. Even in my early years of hunting in the late sixties, lever actions seemed to fill the gun rack in every ...

It was introduced by Winchester in 1895 in its Model 94 lever action rifle which was the product of famed gun designer John Browning. Shooting a 160-grain jacketed bullet at almost 2,000 feet per ...

The Henry rifle was the first lever action rifle ever made. ... And I’m no longer seeing racks of used Savage Model 99s and Winchester 94s and old Marlin 336s on sale at pitiful used-gun prices.