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| Above, lever-action rifles on display at the Billy the Kid Museum. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Did you know that there is one type of firearm that is distinctly American?
This means that it was totally an American invention in the nineteenth century. That invention was the lever-action rifle.
The NRA's American Rifleman website an article on this yesterday.
It begins with:
America is known across the world as a nation of gun owners, but only one firearm action has the distinction of being uniquely American: the lever-action.
This year, we are celebrating the 250th anniversary of our country, not only as a world bastion of freedom, but as a nation of riflemen. But unlike the flintlock, percussion rifle and many other firearm actions we inherited and then improved upon, the lever-action is a distinctly American innovation. The motivating force behind its creation was the need for more firepower, or more specifically, the need for more reliable firepower, superseding earlier multiple-barrel and swivel-breech attempts.
To read more, go here.
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