I barreled a handful of BLRs in 375 Ruger. Did one up in 416 Ruger too. Built a bunch of custom 86s and 71s in 450 and 50 AK
A gadzillion Marlin 95s, a bunch of them in 50AK
Could get a magazine full of .510” 450gr Aframes or Kodiaks in the air as fast as most guys could 30/30s. Still when it came time for hunting and guiding I always reached for a good bolt rifle with a good scope. Most times a 35 Whelen stuffed with 250s, occasionally a 458 pushing 350s at 2550.
I like lever rifles don’t get me wrong. But when the chips, or in a guided hunter’s case the $$$, are down I want things as bombproof as possible. Leverguns inherently aren’t.
