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I've been on both extremes of the hot chamber thing. I hunt elk with a BLR levergun.
With a hot chamber I have had an elk bolt simply from the barely audible sound of drawing the hammer back. AND I was in a completely hidden location.
At the other extreme I've drawn down on a nice bull in plain sight, 'CLICK', was still able to actually load the gun and chamber a round and take the bull.