I am a bit shocked at the quality of the "lever action" replies here.
First off, the lever rifle is "flat", easy to pack, stow away. A seasoned lever rifle man can deliver as much aimed ("aimed" is the key word here) fire as any magazine fed rifle (until the mag runs dry).
But then again, any seasoned lever rifle man can keep his rifle "topped off" on the go, either fully or near fully loaded except for times of sustained rapid fire.
Thanks to Hollywood, the lever rifle has become iconic as a "good" gun used to defend the home and family, etc as opposed to them nasty black rifles, the sight of which cause the strong to quail and the sheeple to wet their nappies.
All joking aside, having been in a couple of post-shtf natural disasters. What I saw first hand was the guys wearing cowboy hats and baseball caps with lever rifles and shotguns were left alone by the "authorities" while the camo-clad paramilitary guys were detained and frequently disarmed. Right or wrong, its a matter of perception.
Lever guns are at a handicap from a prone position unless you rest it on something i.e. a saddle (LOL - sorry, couldn't resist).
Bolt guns are slow to cycle without lots of practice, but they lock up far tighter and the actions are stronger. They're also more accurate than other actions.
Pump actions are FAST the action only needs to move a fraction of and inch more than the cartridge is long.
These days a bolt gun almost always comes from the factory without sights. Its then useless until several hundreds of dollars worth of scope is mounted on it. And scopes don't survive being dropped, knocked, kicked over, etc. Lever rifles don't have that problem - PERIOD. OTOH, while they last, the bolt gun's precision cannot be beaten! Frankly, I use my bolt guns for the most precise, aimed, slow fire shots (on game).
For all the rest of my uses (home and ranch defense, camp gun, trail use, carrying across the ATV forks, etc) lever rifles are my choice and have been for well over 55 years now. In fact, my favorite lever guns are the 16" Trapper models and I have both trappers and longer barreled rifles in all of my favorite calibers.
YMMV