Ah, no, he "meant" 308 Winchester/7.62mm x 51mm NATO. He said exactly that about 20 million times. He opined that the 7/08 was a good substitute only in countries where it was illegal to own a 308.
Nope, he liked the .30-30, too, in the Winchester Model 94, with a forward scope.
True but he opined that that chambering was quite marginal for his self-imposed 400K critter rule. The levergun's downside is the same as a shotgun's, it is painfully slow to top off.
I'm glad you brought this up though, a trapper levergun in 44mag would also have ended this shootout post-haste. It doesn't have the Scout Rifle's range but has decent mag capacity and one well-placed round will do. Cooper called this the "Brooklyn Special".
