which one of us dinosaurs don't have a soft spot in our hearts for lever action winchesters and single action revolvers, too much gunsmoke, ponderosa, rifleman,wagon train, when we were young
The marlin levers in 308 marlin and 338 are nice lever options with a little more punch. I like having the right tool for the job. My cousins kids shoot a lot of whitetail with 223 and sometimes it isn't pretty and sometimes they drop. If you hunt woods with short shots that 30/30 will likely work but a little extra range and pop is nice.
Just loaded a couple dozen Lever Hammers up with some Leverevolution powder in my Starline brass.
5 shot average was 2532'
Headed out for an evening walk in the hills with my Marlin. If I'm lucky, I'll try this load out on a bear this weekend in preparation for elk next month