As I recall lever actions were the original 'assault rifle'. Nothing much has changed in the last 150 years, but a good receiver sight makes them a contender out to a couple hundred yards, give or take. Danged if I don't like the Model 94 and the Marlin guns in .30-30, but there are alternate chambers in those models which provide for longer range or more bullets as one deems important.
Suppression is noise. It does not hurt much of anything.
