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, ...

Most of the talk in the rifle world these days about bullets with high ballistic coefficients, high-magnification trajectory-compensating riflescopes, and rifles guaranteed to deliver one-hole groups.

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It is rare for any firearm to ever reach the status of an “icon.” But the Model 1894 Winchester lever-action carbine, so named for its year of introduction, certainly is one that did. The Model 1894 ...

The .30/30 Winchester, it is often claimed, has hung more venison from meat poles than any other cartridge in history. But does that mean the .30/30 lever-action is the best deer rifle ever created?

Even after more than a century, the 30-30 remains in use. Its low recoil and effectiveness at typical hunting ranges keep it ...

Lever-action rifles have earned their place in hunting history by offering speed, reliability, and precision when it counts. Whether you’re chasing deer in thick timber, tracking hogs in the brush, or ...

In 1855, a clothing manufacturer named Oliver Winchester became the largest stockholder of the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company, which was developing the Volcanic Lever Action Rifle. The rifle had only ...

The Winchester rifle was hailed by its manufacturer as “the gun that won the West.” But there’s a lot more to the story than that. The rifle that became the Winchester had a long, tortuous development ...

It was a Monday morning in mid-November and my plan was to sneak in a quick hunt before work. I’d been watching a ten-pointer since late summer when he made his first midnight appearance on one of my ...

Maybe you remember Lucas McCain. He was the lead character (played by actor Chuck Connors) on "The Rifleman." This popular Western TV show, which aired from 1958 to 1963, was set in the 1880s and ...