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| Above, the pre-64 Winchester 94 I bought in 2019. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Regular readers of this blog know that my favorite rifle is my 1962 Winchester 94 .30-30 lever-action carbine that I bought seven years ago.
There are many other lever-action rifles available. Some are better than others, as in anything manmade.
John B. Snow posted an article at Outdoor Life on the nine best things about lever-actions and six reasons why they suck. If course, that's one man's opinion. It is still worth reading.
The article beings with:
The first centerfire rifle I ever laid hands on was a lever action, a .30/30 Model 94 that was produced in Winchester’s factory less than 20 minutes from my childhood home outside New Haven, Connecticut. It was in a display rack with a dozen identical 94s in a hardware store in town. I was already the proud owner of a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun so I knew how it worked, and the first time I cycled the lever and heard the unmistakable chik-chik sound it made I was hooked. I’ve been under the spell of lever actions ever since.
Lever actions are truly America’s rifle. With all due respect to our iconic bolt actions, the ubiquitous AR, and the Kentucky squirrel rifles of old, the lever gun is the first among equals. And their popularity keeps chugging along, despite the antiquity of the platform.
There are so many things to love about lever actions but, if I’m being honest, they have their drawbacks too. These are the qualities that make them awesome, along with a list of their shortcomings.
To read more, go here.
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