The commercial exhibit hall at the NRA Annual Meeting a couple weeks ago was overflowing with lever guns that identify as AR's, bless their hearts.
On the collector's row there was also one of these on display:
It's the sixshooter that got Sam Colt out of the lever action rifle business.
In the 1880s, Colt introduced a line of lever action rifles. This caught Winchester’s attention, and they requested a meeting where the showed their prototype single action revolver to the Colt folks. The two companies agreed that each firm would stick to their strong suit.
It sort of makes me wish that folks from Marlin would request a meeting with S&W to show them their Prototype Plastic Polymer Pocket Protector Pistol.
Thanks for sharing that! It’s a fascinating bit of firearms history.
