Before starting an article, experienced writers first decide who their audience is. If I were writing this piece for a print magazine I would probably spend a good deal of time explaining why lever-action rifles are worth considering for personal defense. And then I would spend a good deal of time telling about all of the various makes and models that are available to today’s shooters.

As time went by, I moved down into Southwest Texas and took a job as Chief Deputy for a sheriff’s office smack dab in the middle of big ranch country. And that’s when two important things happened. The first was that my district judge really wanted my Marlin .44. The second was that I discovered the Browning B-92 carbine.