The Real Hawkeye
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Not true at all. Just read American Hunting Rifles by Craig Boddington. It's not a sense of nostalgia that causes people to choose the lever action in certain kinds of hunting. There are many kinds of hunting where the lever is superior, such as thick woods, hunting with dogs, or over bait, not to mention hunting large and dangerous bears in thick cover. With calibers like .348 Winchester and .45-70, they are ideal for grizzlies and moose in thick woods. At those ranges, those calibers are actually far superior to such as the 7mm Remington Magnum or .300 Winchester Magnum, typical American bolt action chamberings.The primary uses these days for most lever guns (the Savage 99 is something of a bridge between traditional and modern) is casual recreational rather than serious hunting.
Speaking of which, didn't this thread start out as a comparison between lever guns and bolt actions? Or am I imagining things? By changing the title half way through the thread, someone has made most of the posts thus far seem off the mark and irrelevant.