Designed in the United States over 170 years ago, the lever-action rifle is, perhaps, the most iconic American firearm. An offshoot of earlier prototypes, the Henry and Spencer lever-actions were the ...

By the time Congress got around to awarding the promised rifles to “Aiken’s Volunteers” on May 20, 1826, the U.S. Army had updated its hardware.

Not wanting to be in the army in the first place — and much less so during wartime ... He even released his own album, “Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favorites” in 1963 and had released a single in 1961 ...