My point being a break open uses a lever also and it's not considered a lever action. I'm not arguing with you, you can call your Shiloh whatever you want. Most people use the encyclopedic description of "lever action" and as such I've never seen one in .50-140. Also, I'd hate to meet an animal that could absorb 14 hits from a correctly loaded .50-140!
Wikipedia: "Lever-action is a type of firearm action which uses a lever located around the trigger guard area (often including the trigger guard itself) to load fresh cartridges into the chamber of the barrel when the lever is worked. While the term lever-action generally implies a repeating firearm, it is also sometimes (and incorrectly) applied to a variety of single-shot, or falling-block actions that use a lever for cycling, such as the Martini-Henry..."
