Lever Action Rifles
Lever Action Rifles

Return of Marlin’s 1894

When Remington purchased Marlin Firearms and moved the company from New Haven, Connecticut to Ilion, New York, many gun owners worried that Marlin would be swallowed up and lost. Many also worried that quality would suffer. The former did not happen, the latter did. it was not because Remington intended to diminish the quality of guns with Marlin roll marked on the …

The Late Great 88

Why 88? Probably because the greatest lever action of all time was made by Savage and used 99 for the model number. I owned an 88 myself once; I’d learned it was a cousin to my Dad’s model 100 Winchester. I toyed with the 88 for a while, figured out how far to turn the forward stock screw to make it shoot …