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It was introduced by Winchester in 1895 in its Model 94 lever action rifle which was the product of famed gun designer John Browning.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2020
There were usually a few big game guns — a gray stock Remington 783 in .30-06, maybe a Marlin 336 lever action — a couple of pump shotguns, a single shot .410 or 20-gauge.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2018
I'm going to keep a couple of target pistols that I own and a Ruger 77/22 bolt action rifle as well as lever action 30-30.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2017
There are many beautifully made hunting rifles, with polished wooden stocks and the lever action of the classic Winchester, featured in so many Westerns.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2013
You see that when you throw a cartridge into the barrel by the lever action it cocks the gun, and if you're not going to discharge it again immediately you must let the hammer down.
From Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale by Wallace, Dillon
Its facade was emblazoned with a massive image of an old-fashioned lever-action rifle resting on the word “GUNS” in big, bold lettering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
By the time I was 10, I had graduated to a Winchester lever-action 30-30.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2022
He and his brother used to wander the land, shooting at rabbits and tin cans with a lever-action rifle that reminded him of the Old West.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
Busse grew up on a cattle ranch in northwestern Kansas, and as a young boy had a lever-action rifle that he used to shoot rabbits and tin cans.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2021
We mourned losing the reliable and easy-to-use turquoise lever-action voting machines, but we were glad other places no longer had to rely on hole-punching clunkers.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2019
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