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 | | The classic lever gun is a sliding breech, locked action, center fire rifle with a tubular magazine, and an exposed hammer which is cocked by the overriding bolt as the lever is cycled. |
 | | The lever action, as it is known today, was first embodied in the model 66, made famous in the model 73, and completely refined in models 92, and 94. |
 | | While the lever gun was outclassed by the bolt action's virtues of strength, and durability, the bolt guns played little part in the continuing advance of firearms design, remaining much the same today as they were at their introduction. |
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