Lever Actions for Self-Defense

By G&A Online Editors

These days, modern sporting rifles, like the AR15, are everybody’s darlings, and why not? They are light, ergonomic, fast shooting, and they generally fire a round that Uncle Sam has deemed effective…though, admittedly, government decisions on that subject aren’t something I accept without a grain of salt.

Personally, I like the modern sporting rifle genre, and I own examples in calibers from 9mm up through 7.62 NATO. I like shooting them, but, when I’m travelling, whether it is in the mountains of my home state of Pennsylvania, or even a cross-country trip, the gun that goes behind my front seat is not an AR15. I still travel with the same .44 Magnum chambered, Winchester Model 1894 carbine that I started packing in 1991.

I’ll admit that wasn’t always the case. For a brief period in the late 2000-ought’s I decided to join the twenty-first century, and I replaced my trusty lever gun with a Just Right, or JR, carbine chambered in 9mm Parabellum. The JR is a pistol-caliber carbine with AR15 styling, and a number of AR15 interchangeable parts. In its 9mm chambering it uses …Read the Rest

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