LEVER ACTION FIREARM

Lever action firearms have an upper frame defining a bolt passage, a bolt carrier assembly received in the upper frame and operable to reciprocate between an open position and a closed position, a lower frame defining a magazine well configured to removably receive a box magazine, the lower frame removably connected to the upper frame by a transverse takedown pin, an action lever movable between a retracted position and an extended position and having a first pivot, and pivotally connected to the lower frame at the first pivot, a first link pivotally connected to the lower frame, a second link pivotally connected to the bolt carrier assembly, the first link and second link pivotally interconnected to each other, the first link defining a cam path, and a cam follower on the action lever operably engaged to the cam path such that movement of the action lever generates movement of the bolt carrier assembly.