From the Colt Single Action Army to Winchester rifles, this video reveals the guns that kept law and order in the Wild West. These weapons defined justice in a chaotic time.

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.

This was the most prolific of Winchester’s lever actions, being the first sporting rifle in the U.S. to sell a million ... until 1923 but has enjoyed a revival since the sport of cowboy action ...

Designed in the United States over 170 years ago, the lever-action rifle ... of the best-selling lever rifles. The two other companies on this list are Henry and Winchester, and though corporate ...

A uniquely American rifle, the lever-action was invented in the United ... produces three, under the Winchester and Browning brand names. (Here is a look at America’s favorite rifle companies.) ...

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 ...

John Simpson, of Magnolia, Texas, ejects a casing Friday as he shoots his lever action rifle. The Oklahoma City Gun Club hosted the national championship of cowboy action shooting. "SASS was sort ...

which regulates the sport and requires every member to have a cowboy nickname. Sign up here. Weapons used must be authentic, such as single-action revolvers, pistol caliber lever action rifles ...

A big part of that is their versatility; the guns are still well-suited for hunting a host of game species, for cowboy-action competition, or for use as truck or trail guns. Lever-actions are also ...

That makes this rifle a good pick for cowboy action shooting ... In truth, it should have died there. Except that the lever action rifle came along with life support. Winchester chambered it in their ...

The Winchester model 1873, introduced in 1873, and the first centerfire lever-action rifle Winchester ... someday having a proper Winchester “cowboy” rifle stayed with me and I figured I ...

Winchester Repeating Arms still make the lever action 1886 model. Personius’ found rifle will have to go through more testing before it can be dated. He is looking for any information anyone may ...