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...ed States|American]] [[firearm]]s designer who developed many varieties of firearms, [[cartridges]], and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around ...rearms. His most significant contributions were in the area of autoloading firearms. He developed the autoloading pistol by inventing the [[pistol slide|slide]

in its name is for James Paris Lee, a Scottish-born American who ...reds of thousands of [[Lee-Enfield]]s were imported as surplus and sold to American sportsmen and collectors. The supply dried up after the import restrictions

...rearm, it is also sometimes applied to a variety of single-shot or falling-block actions that use a lever for cycling, such as the [[Martini-Henry]] or the ...000 were made, and it was adopted by the United States and used during the American Civil War, marking the first adoption of a removable-magazine-fed infantry-

|industry= Firearms manufacturer '''[[Stevens Arms]]''' was an [[United States|American]] [[firearm]]s manufacturer founded by Joshua Stevens in 1864. The company

...nturies, so too did the technique of loading rounds. First, breech-loading firearms, like the Prussian [[Needle gun]] of the mid-18th century came to prominenc ...as the precursor to other assault rifles such as the Soviet [[AK-47]], the American [[M16 rifle|M-16]], the Belgian [[FN FAL]], the German [[Heckler & Koch G3|

...volver]]s or [[Magazine (firearm)|magazine]]-fed firearms, and many single-shot designs are still produced by many manufacturers, in both [[cartridge]]- an :''see also: [[History of firearms]]

...s, and as such the Winchester name has become synonymous with lever-action firearms. The gun is colloquially known as '''"The Gun that Won the West"''', thoug ...r in the case rim, thus creating one of the most significant inventions in firearms history, the metallic [[rimfire]] cartridge.<ref>Smith's cartridge was deri

|action= [[Falling Block]] |wars= American Civil War