As America’s first smokeless cartridge, introduced 1895, the old .30-30 is not just old—it’s the oldest, as modern American cartridges go. And yet it remains as effective as ever. In fact, with ...

Modern lever rifles, or tactical lever rifles, have been showing up a lot recently. Lever-action rifles have been around since the days of standoff duels, loud pianos were airing out the saloon, and ...

Before there were red dots, polymer frames, or tacticool rail systems, there was the click-clack of a lever-action rifle, and in the American wild, that sound usually meant business. Enter the ...

Most hunters today are focused on what might be called fast-twist centerfire rifle cartridges—essentially new takes on older cartridges, designed with high ballistic coefficient bullets in mind. This ...

This story was originally published in the April 1953 issue of Outdoor Life. The .30/30 is the most used and the most abused of American big-game cartridges — a centre-fire that’s become an all-time ...