lever action
Repeating firearm operation
Lever action is a firearm mechanism where a lever, typically doubling as the trigger guard, is pulled down and forward to eject a spent cartridge and chamber a new round.
The design dominated American rifles in the late 19th century—the Winchester being iconic—and remains popular for hunting and sport shooting: a lever-action rifle, lever-action shotgun.
Lever-action repeating rifle
- HenryGermanic masculine name
- MarlinProper name, various uses
- carbineShort-barreled lightweight firearm
- rifleLong-barreled shoulder weapon
repeater · iron sights · side gate · walnut stock · takedown
Lever-action repeating rifle
- cowboyMounted cattle herder
- frontierEdge of settlement
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- outlawFugitive from justice
shootout · holster · saloon · gunfight · horseback · stagecoach · bandit · posse
Riding on two wheels
- ejectionForced removal from somewhere
- loadingAdding weight or cargo
- cockingTurning at an angle
- triggerWhat initiates action
hammer · bolt · carrier · lifter · feeding · extraction · breech · receiver
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- Indian WarsColonial-era indigenous conflicts
- buffalo huntersThose who pursue wild bovines
- frontiersmenSettlers of unsettled land
- Wild WestAmerica's lawless frontier era
19th century · innovation · rimfire · centerfire · American expansion
Winchester
Lever-action repeating rifle
- HenryGermanic masculine name
- MarlinProper name, various uses
- carbineShort-barreled lightweight firearm
rifle · repeater · iron sights · side gate · walnut stock · takedown
Winchester
Lever-action repeating rifle
outlaw · shootout · holster · saloon · gunfight · horseback · stagecoach · bandit · posse · John Wayne
cycling
Riding on two wheels
trigger · hammer · bolt · carrier · lifter · feeding · extraction · breech · receiver · spring tension
Civil War
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- Indian WarsColonial-era indigenous conflicts
- buffalo huntersThose who pursue wild bovines
- frontiersmenSettlers of unsettled land
Wild West · 19th century · innovation · rimfire · centerfire · American expansion
deer
Antlered hoofed mammal
whitetail · elk · boar · close range · carrying · lightweight · compact · stalking · blind · tree stand
- frontier weaponssix-shooter, peacemaker, Colt revolver, derringer, Winchester
- Rifleshunting rifle, M16, AK-47, M4, carbine
- Shotgunsdouble barrel, over-under, side-by-side, semi-auto, single shot
- Gun Featuressemi-automatic, semi-auto, automatic, blowback, bullpup
- gun mechanismssemi-automatic, automatic, blowback, semi-auto, self-loading
- firearmsrifle, pistol, handgun, shotgun, revolver
lever actionautomatic
Operating without intervention
semi-automatic · self-loading · autoloading · gas-operated · bolt action
lever actionautomatic
Operating without intervention
computerized · electronic · advanced · high-tech · complex