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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mad Pig Thumper package on a Marlin. (Courtesy of Mad Pig Customs) Modern lever rifles, or tactical lever rifles, have been ...

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

Modern sporting rifles are popular for a reason. They’re ergonomic, easy to mount optics on, and if you want fast follow-up shots, a semi-auto makes that feel almost effortless. But “popular” doesn’t ...

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, ...