Smith & Wesson marked the nation's 250th anniversary with a rifle that carries two origin stories on a single receiver. The Model 1854 America 250 Limited Edition lever gun honors both 1776 and 1854, the year Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson patented their first lever action, a lineage the...
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In North American Fudd world, the package deal that includes a rifle and a scope is a very popular item come hunting season. And no wonder; instead of faffing about, trying to fit a scope or find a gunsmith to do the job for you, it’s one-stop shopping, getting both pieces of the equation a...
Quebecois guide Jason Tremblay had joined our party for the afternoon, since his client had already tagged out, and within minutes he had us on a big bull. It was my tag, and I shot first, squeezing a shot off from the 7mm Magnum when I had the crosshairs on the moose’s sternum—and no...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a lever gun that beat Winchester to the punch. This is a Marlin Model 1881 in 45-70 Government with a special order 32 inch heavy barrel, finished in 1890. Here is the thing about the 1881. Winchester owned the lever action market, and in 18...
There's something satisfying about a lever gun that doesn't need you to fuss over it before opening day. Smith & Wesson and Vortex have teamed up to build exactly that, four new Model 1854 packages that come out of the box scoped, sighted, and ready to hunt. Two rifles in .30-30 Win...
Illinois will end its single-shot centerfire rifle mandate for deer hunting on January 1, 2027. The reform allows qualifying rifles to hold three cartridges, but strict magazine and firearm-modification requirements remain.
When Winchester gutted its product line in 1964, buyers and gun writers were appalled—but they shouldn’t have been. They should have seen it coming, because for decades, Winchester had been making iffy business moves that should have prophesied the future.
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a carbine that rode into the most studied battle in American history. This is a Springfield Model 1873 Trapdoor carbine in .45-70, and this one falls in the serial range issued to the 7th Cavalry. In other words, it’s the type of gun G...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have Winchester doing the last thing you’d expect Winchester to do. This is the Winchester-Hotchkiss 1879 First Model, a bolt-action rifle from the company that owned the lever-action world. The Army wanted single-shots and never warmed to ...