With this information I became organized in my collecting. After a few years I discovered Sam Maxwell had published a book titled “Lever Action Magazine Rifles,” This book is a must for every Whitney collector.
When I started going to gun shows and actually looked a Kennedy over, I was stuck. As the years went by I acquired several Marlin and Winchester rifles. I wanted to know more about these guns, and began looking for information concerning them. The first time I saw a picture of a Kennedy ( early 1960s) I was struck by the unusual shape of the frame, all I had seen before were Winchester lever guns.
Just a brief note about the author Dale Olson: There are many more variations that are discussed in Sam Maxwell’s book “Lever Action Magazine Rifles”, Published in 1976 by Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas & Covina, California.
The information given here is meant only as a basic guide to identifying Whitney lever guns.
