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 ...

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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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, ...