The Rocket Ball and Volition Rifle The quest that would lead to the development of the lever action rifle began with a man from New York named Walter Hunt who reasoned that before he could design…
Smith & Wesson Prototype Lever Action Carbine
Colt Large Frame Express Lightning Rifles
One Size Does Not Fit All The Colt Lightning rifle was created as Colt’s answer to Winchester and Marlin’s lever action rifles and it seems odd that it was not more successful than it was, although…
Annie Oakley’s Golden M1897 Marlin Rifle
Annie Oakley’s Early Life Annie Oakley was born Phoebe Ann Mosey on August 13, 1860, less than a year before the American Civil War began. Her father was Jacob Mosey and her mother Susan Wise and…
Pre-64 Winchester Model 70 Serial Numbers 1 and 2
A Pair of “Barn Find” Rifles The Winchester Model 70 has long been called “The Rifleman’s Rifle” since they hit the gun racks in gun dealers and hardware stores back in 1937. The Model 70 was,…
Heym SR21 Sporting Rifle
Background: the Heym SR20 and the Heym SR21 I’ve owned just one F.W. Heym rifle over the years, and that was an SR20N chambered for the .308 Winchester: It was a great rifle and became a…
“The Last Ivory Hunter” Wally Johnson’s Winchester Model 70
A Rifle, A Story, and the Legacy of a Lifetime Wally Johnson began his big game hunting career at the tender age of 14 years back in 1928. What was to become his favorite rifle, his…
