I've used both. My lever action 30-30 has been my favorite gun, and my main deer gun for almost 10 years. Then I swiched to a winchester black shadow bolt action in 30-06. I hated that gun, but not because it was a bolt action. The stock was too long for me, the barrel was too long, and the synthetic stock was cheap plastic that made the rifle feel like a cheap toy in my hands rather than a serious hunting rifle. The bolt was not reponsive and the trigger had alot of creep. But when I hold a remington 700adl with laminated stock, the gun becomes an extention of my arm. I use a 12ga for the moment as my main deer gun, but when I decide for sure that the rem 700 is the one I want, I will buy it.

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