Shooting Lever Guns of the Old West

TABLE OF CONTENTS/ INTRODUCTION/ BASIC TERMS PART ONE• THE GUNS/ WINCHESTERS/ THE HENRY & MODEL 1866/ MODEL 1873/ MODERN HENRY, MODELS 1866 & 1873/ MODEL 1876/ MODEL 1886/ MODERN MODEL 1886s/ MODEL 1892/ MODERN MODEL 1892s/ MODEL 1894/ MODEL 1895 (vintage & modern)/ MARLINS/ MODEL 1881/ MODELS 1888, 1889, & 1894/ MODERN MODEL 1894s/ MODEL 1893/ MODEL 1895 (vintage & modern)/ PART TWO • RELOADING FOR OLD WEST LEVER GUNS/ Author’s Note to Readers/ THE PISTOL CARTRIDGE CALIBERS/ GENERAL COMMENTS/ .25-20/ .32 WCF (.32-20)/.38 Special/ .357 Magnum/ .38 WCF (.38-40)/ .44 Magnum/ .44 WCF (.44-40)/ .45 Colt/ WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 CALIBERS/ General Comments/ .40-60 WCF/ .45-60 WCF/ .45-75 WCF/ .50-95 WCF/ WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 & MARLIN MODEL 1895 CALIBERS/ GENERAL COMMENTS/ .33 WCF /.38-56/ WCF .40-65 WCF (.40-60 Marlin)/ .40-82 WCF/ .45-70 Gov’t/ .45-90 WCF/ .50-110 WCF/ WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 & MARLIN MODEL 1893 CALIBERS/ GENERAL COMMENTS/ .25-35 WCF/ .30 WCF (30-30)/ .32-40/.32 W.S/ .38-55 /WINCHESTER MODEL 1895 CALIBERS/ GENERAL COMMENTS/ .30-40 Krag/ .35 WCF/ .38-72 WCF/ .40-72 WCF/ .405 WCF/ PART THREE • MISCELLANEOUS/ Rivals To Winchester and Marlin/ The Lever Gun As A Fighting Rifle/ Sights For Old West Lever Guns/ The Lever Gun For Hunting/ Conclusion/ APPENDIX/ BIBLIOGRAPHY