To paraphrase Mark Twain’s quote, reports of the lever-action’s death are greatly ... and the muzzle-loading Springfield Rifle Musket remained the main arm of the boys in blue.

These are the best cartridges compatible with traditionally styled, tube-fed, lever-action rifles. Why it Made the Cut: Originally developed for the Trapdoor Springfield and even used in some ...

Colt’s first lightning strike occurred in 1877, with the appearance ... “trombone” or slide-action rifle in 1884—having shelved the previous Colt-Burgess lever-action in an alleged ...

Lever action rifles ruled the woods for at least the first half ... The poor soldiers were sent off to fight in the Spanish-American war with obsolete single-shot trapdoor Springfield rifles. With the ...