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.

A lever-action rifle can be a defensive tool that feels simple, looks less provocative to the untrained eye, and still hits hard and runs fast in practiced hands. One of the big selling points of a ...

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 ...