In February 1870, recommendations were made to ... Still, military acceptance and large orders of lever-action rifles would elude Winchester until the advent of the First World War.

The lever-action rifle was not, as some believe, invented by Winchester. In 1848 ... had worked for Colt during the Civil War and, in 1870, began making his own derringers and revolvers.

Somebody bought them. There’s a reason for this. Lever-action rifles are terrific for real-world hunting. That’s why Winchester has sold 7 million Model 94s and Marlin sold close to 4 million ...

but you will see the unique profile of his gun replicated in many lever-action rifles, particularly those in the Winchester stable of firearms. The life of the first Henry rifle was short (just five ...

The rifle that became the Winchester had a long, tortuous development that involved some of the era’s most influential businessmen and inventors. Its famed lever action fought the American Civil ...