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Bryant Ridge's Analysis: The Winchester Model 1892 is a lever-action repeating rifle that was designed by John Browning as a smaller, lighter version of his large-frame Model 1886, and which replaced the Model 1873 as the company's lever-action for pistol-caliber rounds such as the .44-40. When asked by Winchester to design an improved lever action to compete with a recent Marlin offering, John Browning said he would have the proto …

Bryant Ridge's AnalysisThe Remington Model 597 is an American semi-automatic rifle produced by Remington Arms at their Mayfield, Kentucky, and Huntsville, Alabama, facilities. The rifle is available in several variants: the .22 Long Rifle model features a removable 10-round magazine, while the .22 WMR and .17 HMR versions come with eight-round magazines. Production of the .22 LR and .22 WMR models began in 1997, followed by the .17 HMR model in 2002. Remington announced the discontinuation of th …

Bryant Ridge's AnalysisThe Winchester Model 1894 rifle (also known as the Winchester 94 or Model 94) is a lever-action repeating rifle that became one of the most famous and popular hunting rifles of all time. It was designed by John Browning in 1894 and originally chambered to fire two metallic black powder cartridges, the .32-40 Winchester and .38-55 Winchester. It was the first rifle to chamber the smokeless powder round, the .30 WCF (Winchester Center Fire, in time becoming known as the .30- …