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| Above, Winchester 1894 lever-action rifles at the Billy the Kid Museum. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Lever-action rifles have been around since the mid-1800s.
Several manufacturers over the years have produced them in American since that time. However, Winchester started it.
Sporting Classics Daily has posted an interesting article on evolution of Winchester's lever-action rifles.
It begins with:
Even though Americans invented—among other things—the electric light bulb, the microwave oven and (for better or worse) personal computers, as far as I’m concerned, one of our country’s greatest achievements has been the perfection of the lever-action rifle. Yes, even more than the Kentucky rifle (also an American invention), which gave our colonial defenders extended range combined with accuracy, it was the lever action that gave frontiersmen the added benefit of multi-shot firepower. And while other companies, such as Marlin and Savage eventually entered the lever-action competition, it was Winchester that started it all.
To read the full article, go here.
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