I hate it when it looks like someone has a scope with a rifle attached to it. I see lever-actions with 50mm objectives, 4-12x, 4-16x and larger scopes in pawn shops and such and it just looks wrong. I am certainly not against scopes on lever-actions, I have them on all of mine but one and it will get it soon. My favorite scope for leverguns is your choice the 2-7x Leuoold. I have a BLR-81 in 358 but it wears the superb Leupold 2.5-8x. It is my favorite scope of all time and it looks great on the BLR-81.
I used to have a Burris 2-7x Compact on my BLR 81 358,, great scope.but the 1.5-6 Sig ElectroDot is better (for my eyes) in the Michigan UP woods..
