A lever action is a type of action for repeating firearms that uses a manually operated cocking handle located around the trigger guard area (often incorporating...
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Winchester rifle (redirect from Winchester Lever-Action Repeating Rifles)
Winchester rifle is a comprehensive term describing a series of lever action repeating rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Developed...
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Shotgun (redirect from Bolt-action shotgun)
repeating shotguns are either pump action or semi automatic, and also fully automatic, lever-action, or bolt-action to a lesser extent. Preceding smoothbore...
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Bolt-action rifles are an evolution of the lever-action rifle, offering greater accuracy and stronger receivers. Bolt actions require the user to manually...
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Actions can be categorized in several ways, including single action versus double action, break action versus lever-action, pump-action, bolt-action,...
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Volcanic Repeating Arms (redirect from Smith & Wesson Lever pistol)
and lever action mechanism. Volcanic made an improved version of the Rocket Ball ammunition, and a carbine and pistol version of the lever action gun...
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Firearm (section Lever action)
bore.). They are also described by the type of action employed (e.g. muzzleloader, breechloader, lever, bolt, pump, revolver, semi-automatic, fully automatic...
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Repeating rifle (category Firearm actions)
often refers specifically to manual repeating rifles (e.g. lever-action, pump-action, bolt-action, etc.), as opposed to self-loading rifles, which use the...
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Pistol (section Lever-action)
contemporary era is the semi-automatic pistol, while the older single-shot and lever-action pistols are now rarely seen and used primarily for nostalgic hunting...
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use firearms typical of the mid-to-late 19th century: single-action revolvers, lever-action rifles chambered in pistol calibers, and side-by-side double-barreled...
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Sturm, Ruger & Co. (section Lever-action rifles)
acquisition of Marlin, Ruger introduced the first Ruger-made Marlin lever-action rifle, the Model 1895 SBL. In 2024, Ruger is celebrating their 75th anniversary...
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Marlin Firearms is an American manufacturer of semi-automatic, lever-action and bolt-action rifles. In the past the company (based in Madison, North Carolina...
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invented, or made significant improvements to, single-shot, lever-action, and pump-action rifles and shotguns. He developed the first reliable and compact...
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action, and the Madsen–Rasmussen (uniquely, a repeater), which use a pivoting rather than a sliding block.[citation needed] Bolt-action Lever-action Pump-action...
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by model: Model 1866 lever-action rimfire (later centerfire) rifle Model 1873 lever-action centerfire rifle Model 1876 lever-action centerfire rifle Model...
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and Year 1866 through the early 1990s" (PDF). "Winchester Model 1894 Lever-Action Rifle; Winning the West". gunclassics.com. Retrieved 2017-03-14. Aldis...
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Repeating firearm (category Firearm actions)
first repeating firearms that received widespread use were revolvers and lever-action repeating rifles in the latter half of the 19th century. These were a...
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.30 WCF) cartridge was first marketed for the Winchester Model 1894 lever-action rifle in 1895. The .30-30 (pronounced "thirty-thirty"), as it is most...
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with the support hand, a pump-action firearm is much faster than a bolt-action and somewhat faster than a lever-action, as it does not require the trigger...
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Marlin Model 336 (category Lever-action rifles)
The Marlin Model 336 is a lever-action rifle and carbine made by Marlin Firearms. Since its introduction in 1948, it has been offered in a number of different...
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1885 Single Shot, Winchester Model 1887 lever-action shotgun, Model 1897 pump-action shotgun; and the lever-action Model 1886, Model 1892, Model 1894 and...
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Winchester Model 1892 (category Lever-action rifles)
The Winchester Model 1892 was a lever-action repeating rifle designed by John Browning as a smaller, lighter version of his large-frame Model 1886, and...
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chamber a new one. Pump-action mechanisms are often regarded as faster than a bolt action and somewhat faster than a lever action, as it does not require...
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were prized by native combatants, such as the Henry and the Spencer lever-action rifles, as well as Sharps breechloaders. The Lakota and Cheyenne warriors...
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Winchester Model 1887/1901 (category Lever-action shotguns)
The Winchester Model 1887 and Winchester Model 1901 are lever-action shotguns designed by American gun designer John Browning and produced by the Winchester...
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Winchester 1895 lever-action rifle. It remains to this day one of the most powerful rimmed cartridges designed specifically for lever-action rifles; the only...
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The Lever is an American reader-supported investigative news outlet founded by David Sirota, a speechwriter and former senior advisor to Bernie Sanders...
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.45-70 cartridge was not available in new lever-action rifles; at the time it was the largest lever-action cartridge available. The .444 resembles a lengthened...
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weapon's type of action. However, both straight pull and rotating bolt rifles are types of bolt-action rifles. Lever-action and pump-action weapons must still...
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Brooklyn, New York in 1996. The first model produced was the Henry H001 Lever-Action .22 and the first shipments were made in March 1997. The original corporate...
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