There’s nothing inherently wrong with a 480 Ruger lever carbine, but I don’t see it catching on with hunters (other than 480 enthusiasts).
This is coming from a guy with several levers, including a 45 Colt 1892.
The main reason is that levers aren’t all that common for hunting up here… “why hobble myself with a short to medium range straight wall cartridge when I can just carry a 300/338 WM and be ready for anything at almost any distance?”—- that’s not me saying that, but a common point of view from hunters I’ve talked to.
As far as camp protection, while the 480 is cool, but it doesn’t do anything that the 454 or even 45-70 doesn’t do in a lever gun… at least not enough better to justify the difficulty in finding a lever chambered in it.
