A rifle’s worth can be measured in cold mechanical terms, the effective distance, the weight and how you can update them. However the lever action has some coolness that you can’t easily explain. Let me put it this way: Can you picture John Wayne with anything but a lever gun? How about the T.V. Show Gun Smoke with a guy walking down the street without one. The lever action isn’t just a type of rifle; it’s part of our American culture.

I was watching the Weather Channel this morning and they were showing a story about the sever weather of 2011. One of the big problems is how hard it hit the farmers. Crops were destroyed, live stock was sold early and a huge number of them were killed off. So not wanting to look at the Weather Channel any longer I turned to the BBC America. They had a story about the war looming withIran. If we do go to war with them, oil prices rise, and the cost of transportation of goods will increase. What does this mean for you and I? Get ready for more high food prices–- the USDA is projecting that we are looking at an overall spike of 2.5% to 3.5%.