I am a fan of the old 30/30. I carry an older pre-safety marlin when I feel like 30/30'ing one to death. I tend to mash down on the loading gate and feed the rounds out of the tube backwards when unloading, then just rack the lever and it's empty. It's easier with the 45/70 but doable with the 30/30.
Of course sometimes I run the lever to empty mine and I just keep my booger hook of the bang bang activation device.
