I badly needed a suitable scoped rifle for hunting white-tail deer, across long distant spaces - open prairie land.

So I bought a lever-action carbine, Marlin 1895-GS Guide Gun, 45-70 Caliber. Because I liked the looks of it better than anything else,
And I never put scopes on Lever-Guns. I buy firearms because I like them, and want them - no matter how impractical.